There Are People In This World Who Can't Be Reasoned With, So Don't Waste Your Time or Energy
I am sure that we have all come across people who are so closed minded or unsmart (I know that is not a real word but I really don’t like to say stupid..oops, said it anyways) that there is almost no point in having any type of conversation with them. Or at least any conversation that involves them changing their own personal narrow minded point of view. My kids are especially lucky to have been gifted … Read entire article »
Filed under: Anger, Elderly, Lesson of the Day, Life Happens, Work
Don't Use Phrases You Don't Want To Come True
Yesterday I caught myself muttering to myself. Yes, the massive never-ending Passover cleaning I was in middle of was not helping my mood. For those who don’t know what Passover cleaning is, think spring cleaning and then multiply the amount of work and agitation. (Photo courtesy of Allen Goldblatt) It did not help matters that as I was actually managing to make some progress cleaning out the pantry/mud room the CamelBak water pouch my kids had used … Read entire article »
Filed under: Anger, Children, Lesson of the Day, Life Happens, Parenting
Disappointments Will Not Ruin Your Child's Life
Disappointments will not ruin your child’s life. Though at that precise dismaying moment it definitely feels like you might be. Yesterday was a particularly hard day for my husband and I, as was the day before it. All because we had to crush an 11-year-old’s hopes and dreams. Okay, I am making it sound more serious than it was, but we did actually feel like that. We had to tell our 11-year-old that we did not want … Read entire article »
Filed under: Anger, Children, Lesson of the Day, Life Happens, Parenting
Negative Can Also Be Positive
I originally was going to title this post Violence Isn’t Always Bad, but I thought about it and decided that I didn’t want that to be the title of my lesson learned today. Sure positive lessons can be learned from everything, but violence on its own is not positive. So today’s post as you probably guessed is about violence. Violence is everywhere these days. Our children are exposed to it in the news, on the internet, in movies and TV shows. Some even sadly see it personally. I was 8 months pregnant, walking in broad daylight on 6th Ave in Manhattan and I got mugged. I had my gold necklace ripped right off my neck. All while by big strapping husband (his words but I concur) was standing right next to … Read entire article »
Filed under: Anger, Lesson of the Day
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