Organization is key when you are trying to be a super-mom, super-wife, and super-student. Occasionally the wind will blow you around and make you feel disoriented, but if you just relax and go with the flow, you can still end up in a good place at the end of the day.
Tag Archives: Family
Saith Me… Courage of Conviction
A look to the past – my blogging past that is.
Commend those who will stand on a principle. Do not commend those who revile the belief of another. Even when in opposition of someone’s stand, commend those with the courage to stand on their principle despite those who will revile them.
Saith Me … Motto
Write for yourself, but preserve the writings for the future.
Pitch-fork Wielding Assimilated Riots
Before joining a revolution, make sure you know the intent and the cause.
There is a difference between a revolution and a pitch-fork wielding, assimilated riot. One is based on seeking a better world through freedoms and diversity of thought. One is based on holding back freedoms and diversity; restricting thought.
Make sure your desire to protest, march and fight is based on a clear understanding of the objective, intent and goal. That you are not simply an assimilated, crowd following, pitch-fork wielding puppet of someone else’s plan to hold back diversity out of fearful ignorance.
Agency is the freedom to choose. It is unwise to choose assimilation over knowledge, and choice of thought. It is unwise to give your freedom up so that you may fit in with the crowd. For you never know when the mob will turn on you, and the riot will be in your backyard.
see also: Why Do We Go to War?, To Be Informed or To Be Educated,
Hitting the Wall & Sitting Down to Eat a Popsicle
Sometimes when you hit the wall,
it is a good idea to simply sit at the base,
and eat a popsicle.
Run, Walk and Hobble to Success
Obstacles, physical and physiological, can’t always be planned for in advance. Sometimes it takes running, walking, and hobbling to make it to the finish line. The speed in which we finish the race is never as important as the obstacles we tackle on the journey. If we overcome the obstacles, we have success. If we have enjoyed the journey, we have won.
Saith the Daughter… Attacking the Day
It is bound to be an interesting day when the first thing your daughter says is….
“I am not sure how well I’ll be able to attack the day, more likely I’ll face-plant into the morning.”
To Try and Fail is Still the Better Choice
Wednesday morning one of our outdoor cats caught a baby bunny. He knew he shouldn’t have as soon as he saw my daughter approaching, and he dropped his catch before taking off to hide. The bunny, a cottontail, was only a week or so old, eyes not yet open. His name is Pip since he has such a little squeak, and we knew it was unlikely he would survive.
We raise big, fluffy Angora Rabbits. They grow to be 7-10 pounds and are bigger than our cats. When they are born, they are tiny but no where near as tiny as Pip. The baby bottles we have used on the Angoras are bigger than Pip. Pip is as tiny as his squeak.
Pip did well on the first day, and there was hope. The danger for rabbits, baby rabbits especially, is that they will hop, or violently twitch, and break their backs. Hungry baby rabbits twitch and spasmaticly jump when they sense it is feeding time. Sadly, even with great care, they can harm themselves. Pip showed no signs of broken bones, and his back legs worked well.
By day two, Pip was actively eating. His belly would get large and then he would get sleepy. After a bit of cuddling, he would take his nap in his shoe box home, just feet from my desk.
Today has been a long day. The world is a crazy place. People we know, members of our community are hurting. Some are gratefully praying because their children changed theaters last night and were safe as dawn shed light on a tragedy. Others give long distant support to their children as friends in the hospitals are visited.
Today has been a very long day, and I sit here writing with Pip on my chest, knowing that his little body just can’t fight much longer. So I keep him near, praying the beat of my heart will give him comfort, knowing his life is in God’s hands. I knew when I held him on Wednesday that saving him was a long shot, but it is still better to try and fail the to never try at all.
Pip is such a little squeak, but he is God’s and the tears running down my face do not negate the blessing God has given me as I have cared for Pip. If Pip should live beyond today, it will be God’s will. If today Pip breaths his final breath, it too, will be God’s will.
Saith the Daughter … War
Women tend to make advancements in equality after every war, probably due to the decrease in the male population. So therefore, war must be an evil female plot to get ahead. – A Theory to Ponder in the Future, saith the daughter.
Why Do We Go to War?
A friend of mine posed a question as to when war is justified on her Facebook wall. The discussion that followed became focused on why those who have experienced the horror of war would ever justify the value of another war. This is my take…
Human beings tend to enjoy being in groups. Like with cows, the majority will stay with or nearby the herd. Some will go rogue, wander away from the heard and chart a separate course, but most will stick to the herd. Herd mentality dominates our social, political and economic lives. A family unit is a herd, a political party is a herd, and school is certainly herd like.
Where human nature deviates from the cow nature is in the ability to reason. Pecking order behavior, i.e. strong vs. weak and experienced vs. youthful, will still impact the human herd, but the human herd will reason or justify their actions and choices.
When confronted with enough data, evidence, propaganda or rhetoric, the human herd will justify a course of action. They will justify a course of action in order to remain in the herd. If they remain unconvinced that the course is justified, they may seek to separate from the herd, but will look for another herd to join. The theory that there is safety in a crowd certainly applies to ideological fears of danger as well as physical fears of danger.
War is simply one of many courses mankind justifies. In contrast to peace, war is much easier to propagandize. Fiery speeches, enflamed rhetoric, and poignant sound bites are easy to develop when fear and danger is in the mix. The key to a successful herd is in maintaining a feeling of security in the group. Threaten the group and it will rally together in defense.
So why do people who have experienced war agree to additional war? Simply put, even the horrors of war cannot negate the justification of protecting the herd. Although there are some who will develop such a strong sense of revulsion to conflict that they will suppress any feelings of self-preservation in order to avoid further conflict, they are rare and seldom include mothers.
A final point, no two people ever experience war with the same perception. Even those participating in the same horror, experience the horror differently. This makes me think, strangely, of childbirth. Why would anyone who nearly died in the delivery room ever seek another pregnancy? The justifications of the blessings override the worry of fear, pain, and possibly death. In the case of war, if the end result can be portrayed as being of greater value than the known casualties associated with war, then the herd can be persuaded to follow a course of war.
Pithy Ponderings 