Have you noticed that it seems anyone who publicly takes a leadership role in helping others is an open target for meanness? Sometimes it even borders on or crosses the line as some form of bullying. It is especially true on the Internet. It happens online very easily because the perpetrator of unkindness is not …
Today’s blog about knowledge vs. wisdom is well worth thinking about in more detail, but I will leave that up to you to do for yourselves, so this can remain short. I have been noticing how much people tend to like quotes. Quotes are often short bursts of wisdom that can inspire, humor, even jar …
Very often (and for a variety of reasons) we ignore our feelings. Today’s words are about the wisdom of acknowledging feelings. I wonder . . . how is your week going and what new insights and lessons of life are confronting you these days? what challenges are you facing? Are you feeling overwhelmed or powerless over …
I know this is a simple and perhaps even silly sounding blog today. (Feet and eyes face forward, duh!) But right now, I am okay with that. I am feeling so tired of all of the political negativity we hear every day as we face our election that I just want to …
“What IS worry, anyway?” Solomon, our TSJ very wise sheep asked the other day. Let’s be honest. We all worry. It might be about losing your job or losing your fortune or losing your loved one. Worry looks different at each juncture in life. A child worries about not getting to play a video …
Solomon (TSJ’s voice of wooly, practical wisdom), wants to remind us today that: “The Sky is the Limit!“ Yesterday and today mark the beginning of a new school year for kids, parents, and school personnel here in upstate New York. And it means “good-bye summer!” As such, most of us have been making some changes, such …
Is summer time starting to take its toll on your parenting energy? Today I am stepping out of my comfort zone. I do not like giving parents strategies unless I know the specific situation. It feels too much like telling parents what to do when I do not know their situation. Truthfully, I usually write …
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Life is an Adventure . . . A few years ago, Tom and I had an experience I will likely remember for a long time. We spent two nights and three days taking care of our two grandkids in their own home (and cribs). They were just over a year old at the time. Their …
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Time and time again through the years I have listened to parents, (mothers in particular) when they search for how to describe something that worries them. They usually end up saying, I can’t explain it but I “know” something “is not quite right.” They often add, ” but maybe it is just my imagination” in …
Have you ever been amazed at how quickly your children’s emotional state can change? I mean one moment they are “happy campers” and within minutes they become hostile, upset, and/or moody. Although as adults we too do this, usually the executive area of our brain has matured enough to give us orders “to keep a …
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