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The Zen Of A New Infant 

I am a cartoonist who happens to love babies and animals. I get along with them well and they me. Last week I opened a cartoon maternity shop that also sells matching cartoon infantwear and kids tees, along with doggie sweaters and the like. It is more fun than I remember ever having in the world of Internet businesses. It makes a lot of people happy and I know why.

Of course anyone can open a maternity shop, put cartoons on the fabric and call it niche. If it were just that, I wouldn't bother to even call it a "speciality store". I take it even a step further, one that has yet to be done. And it works and people really seem to enjoy it.

Puzzled? What is the most common phrase during pregnancy and right after? "Somebody Find A Camera!" There are a lot of wonderful photographic memories that can be experienced from the gestation period all the way through childhood. Often times more siblings came ahead of the one being born (hence the kids matching clothes, and they want to be a part of the photographic memories as well). More often than not, we are relaxed drinking coffee, and talking when pictures are being taken....hence the similar cartoon mugs and other matching gifts Starting to get the picture? Also, with all wearing "matching funny outfits", we automatically create good cheer, hence dissolving sibling rivalry from the start using "same team techniques". Again, zen at work.

The planning of the picture-taking events are more than half the fun. Ya gotta love the zen of it all.

But wait, there's more. Rather than just putting any cartoons on the clothing and gifts, I added cartoons that are in professional categories, such as "future scientist", "future doctor", "future lawyer", future plumber", "future pro sports player", etc. So now we have not just another "Kodak Moment", we have what could be a prediction of the future of this new bundle of joy. Why is this such eastern thouht? A lot when you think about it Let's say mom or dad or both are dentists, and they'd love it if their child grew up to be a dentist and take over the practice. A great deal of energy happens in happy moments caught in photography. And when it is done in with a cheerful heart, which it will be, the first words or thoughts, say, "of dentistry", in the newborn's mind, according to many scholars, "stick in the stay in its psyche in a positive way". Can you see zen at at its best?

So you may be asking, "Where's the evidence this is for real?" There isn't any, but zen, like religion requires a leap of faith. Much of it is basic common sense.What we hear and see early in life impacts us for the rest of our days, it is said. If that is true, why not use the yin and yang of zen to help create, or at leaste start, a healthy path? I am not implying that dressing the family together in matching medical cartoons, taking a pic, and showing it often in the family album will create a future physician. I don't have proof of that, but I'm not saying it is not either. And even if it doesn't do that, it creates memories that will last a lifetime, in fact many lifetimes. So MirthGirthBirth was born. Part of my Zen Of Niche Part Two. It is beginning to get a good deal of media and Internet blogging attention. I am proud of it. I love the items that we sell and moms and moms-to-be seem to appreciate that there truly is a niche shop in the maternity and infant arena that is based on professional funny cartooning.

There is no more intense reason to celebrate than childbirth. And it gives parents the opportunity to help mold this new being into something positive by utilizing joy, laughter, togetherness, and celebration in a wonderful way. Zen the best is yet to come.

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The Internet's Top Offbeat Cartoonist Rick London is the owner and founder of MirthBirthGirth hilarious maternity and infant wear The Zen Of Maternity

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