A friend of mine told me not long ago, “One day, you’ll be sick and tired of hearing yourself whine about the same thing and that’s when you’ll have the courage to move on.” Yes, I know, but go ahead tell me again if that makes you feel better, you meanie! That’s probably her way of telling me that SHE is sick and tired of hearing me whine. But I can’t help but think that maybe she’s got a point!
Maybe one day I WILL get sick and tired of my own whining.
Well, ladies and gentleman….guess what? THAT day is HERE! *Cheers to that!
But instead of moving on, I just stopped whining altogether. Not even to myself. I know I might not be making much sense here but let me try:
I got sick and tired of my whiny self, and stop whining but not feel any better in the process. In an even shorter description, I REPRESSED it and feel repressed in return. Genius, isn’t it?
Phuih!
Maybe I should have taken psychology and use myself as a mouse lab.
Yeah, that might be a good idea. Anyone has any good recommendations for schools? (It’s a joke. Please don’t send me any recommendations. I have enough spam in my inbox as it stands).
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Monday, August 15, 2011
A good reason to respect yourself
Last weekend, I had a long talk with my ten year old about the importance to respect and love yourself in order to allow people to love and respect you in return.
The conversation is a result of a string of accidents and incidents where she left things, broke things, acted like a door mat, etc.
Our five year old who has been hushed out of the room during the conversation hardly wasted a second after I left the room to question his sister on what our talk was about. To which, the answer was a short: "Mommy told me to respect myself so others can respect me as well."
Apparently, he mulls over this statement all day....for that night before bed, he came to his sister with his own conclusion:
"I think mommy is right. We should respect ourselves and not eat our boogers otherwise other people will not respect us and ask us to eat their boogers too. How gross is that?"
The conversation is a result of a string of accidents and incidents where she left things, broke things, acted like a door mat, etc.
Our five year old who has been hushed out of the room during the conversation hardly wasted a second after I left the room to question his sister on what our talk was about. To which, the answer was a short: "Mommy told me to respect myself so others can respect me as well."
Apparently, he mulls over this statement all day....for that night before bed, he came to his sister with his own conclusion:
"I think mommy is right. We should respect ourselves and not eat our boogers otherwise other people will not respect us and ask us to eat their boogers too. How gross is that?"
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