For other hippy-ish parents
I hate that I labeled this post as for hippy-ish parents - but I didn't want to title to be incredibly long -
I found this great parenting resource for people who are interested in meditating and kind of getting in touch with more of an inner power... It's Scott Noelle's site, The Daily Groove.
There is a monthly membership thing where you can ask for advice and all that jazz, that I can't afford - but I signed up for the daily email, and it's pretty incredible how pertinent they are for my day, plus it just gives me a quick thing to read in the morning and try and focus on with ds for the day.
The archives have most of the emails filed in there, if you just want to read the little tidbits as you can, instead of getting one of them every day.
Today I was reminded to run little "fire drills" for myself, where I imagine getting upset or frustrated with things that ds does, and then have a quiet space where I can imagine a better solution than freaking out. This is the kind of stuff that you might think is obvious, but I guess it's just not to me! 
"Fundamentally the markswoman aims at herself" DT Suzuki
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This is SO relevant to my household these days! lol DS is in the cycle, I think he's at the end of one right now - only 4 timeouts today at school and he hasn't pissed me off too much while he's been at home; but the last three weeks have been HELL. Just signed up for the email.
Just signed.
Thank you so much for the link! DD drives me nuts sometimes so every help is appreciated... 
...the lover, the dreamer, and me (Jim Henson)
on your recommendation! i've been getting the daily e-mails every morning for awhile now, and it's funny that they seem to always be very relevant to what's going on with noa and i at the time. i find most of them really soothing and helpful, but i have to admit that every now and then i find them a little too simplisitc and they annoy me...like "feeling angry? try reminding yourself to just not feel angry!"
for the most part, though, they're a great tool in my quest to "own" my feelings.
Lost sometimes, too!
This is awesome, and so far, much of it has been oddly topical! Maybe because we have the same weather patterns or something as the author, maybe the kids have all been communicating telepathically and discussing which challenges to throw up when....
Anyway, this has been helpful! Today I woke up determined to honor DS's unconditional optimism and try to channel that myself - as well as to seize any opportunity to play with him and really be present.
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too true. sometimes they are kind of simplistic. i agree - and for the most part they are helpful.
it's hard to find motivating parenting stuff. i feel lost sometimes!
"Fundamentally the markswoman aims at herself" DT Suzuki