discipline

  • discipline,  encouragement

    Here’s what you need to feel better today…

    September 27, 2023 /

    I have a suggestion for what you’re looking for. Oh, did I take you by surprise? I don’t know you, so how could I know? Because we’re all looking for it. We’ve tried all kinds of ideas.  What are we looking for? Fulfillment, satisfaction, happiness… am I on the right track? And if we can’t have those, then we’ll settle for a quick hit of dopamine. That’s at our fingertips, because our phones give us the ability to get attention, elicit a response from others, and get questions answered quickly, although not reliably. I can buy a new outfit, watch an entire series, and order dinner without moving from my…

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  • discipline,  Parenting

    Darn Pine Needles

    January 2, 2018 /

    At our house, my husband and kids insist on a real Christmas tree. We go to the tree lot (same one every year), analyze the trees carefully, and each argue for why the one we picked is indeed, the best. It’s serious business. Most years we have had success with keeping our trees alive, but this year, about two weeks after picking out this year’s winner, it just stopped sucking up water. It got more and more dry, until it practically rained needles as we walked by. Usually the tree stays up till the new year, but this year, it was out at the curb two days after Christmas. My…

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