A letter from our founder, Tanuka Gordon

Sometimes it feels as though there is an endless barrage of difficult news to digest, from ongoing mass shootings to unstoppable fires to personal family tragedies. As parents, while we may recognize not everything in life is in our control, the prospect of raising our children in uncertain times can feel scary. What I’m learning — and it is a practice each and every day — is that the most powerful gift we can give our children is to teach them to believe in themselves as courageous, compassionate beings.

No matter what life brings, the most important tool they have is how they respond in a given situation: with perspective, with relentless faith in their own capacity to be loved and share love and to stand for who they are authentically with courage.   

Guiding our children in this way is not a perfect science nor a perfect process. I believe if we can collectively help each other as a community to create more resilient, compassionate children we have a better chance for a more peaceful future. To begin this process, we must start small. We must learn to nurture peace within ourselves, our homes, our neighborhoods. This is my work as a parent, a wife, a daughter, a sister and a friend — and it is our work as a nonprofit. It is why I so passionately believe in spreading our mission as far and as wide as it is meant to be.

As we continue building and growing, it is your support and belief in what we do as an organization that fuels our work. Our work is about elevating each other so that we can collectively bring our unique strengths to create a more peaceful world for our children.  I ask that you join our Mindful Littles mission, to be a part of our cause, and recognize that when we discover and nurture the mindful little  that is inside each and everyone of us, that all our children — and the world — will have a brighter future ahead.

With gratitude,

Tanuka