Have you ever wondered what would it be like if all animals were lazy bums??? Pretty exciting stuff!
How parenting got started
After creating heaven and earth, God created Adam and Eve. And the first thing He said to them was:
"Don't."
"Don't what?" Adam asked.
"Don't eat the Forbidden Fruit." God replied.
"Forbidden fruit? We got Forbidden Fruit? Hey Eve! We got Forbidden Fruit!"
"No way!"
"Where?"
"Don't eat that fruit!" said God.
"Why?"
"Because I am your Creator and I said so!" said God, wondering why he hadn't stopped after making the elephants.
A few minutes later God saw the kids having an apple break and was angry.
"Didn't I tell you not to eat that fruit?" the 'First Parent' asked.
"Uh huh," Adam replied.
"Then why did you?"
"I dunno," Eve answered.
"She started it!" Adam said.
"Did not!"
"DID so!"
"DID NOT!"
Having had it with the two of them, God's punishment was that Adam and Eve should have children of their own...thus the pattern was set, and it has never changed.
But there is reassurance in this story. If you have persistently and lovingly tried to give children wisdom and they haven't taken it, don't be hard on yourself. If God had trouble raising children, what makes you think it would be a piece of cake for you?
Advice for the day: If you 're tense and you get a headache, do what it says on the aspirin bottle, "Take two Aspirin" and "Keep away from children."
Children seldom misquote you. In fact, they usually repeat word for word what you shouldn't have said.
The main purpose of holding children's parties is to remind yourself that there are children more awful than your own.
You spend the first 2 years of their life teaching them to walk and talk. Then you spend the next 16 telling them to sit down and be quiet.
Grandchildren are God's reward for not killing your children.
"Don't."
"Don't what?" Adam asked.
"Don't eat the Forbidden Fruit." God replied.
"Forbidden fruit? We got Forbidden Fruit? Hey Eve! We got Forbidden Fruit!"
"No way!"
"Where?"
"Don't eat that fruit!" said God.
"Why?"
"Because I am your Creator and I said so!" said God, wondering why he hadn't stopped after making the elephants.
A few minutes later God saw the kids having an apple break and was angry.
"Didn't I tell you not to eat that fruit?" the 'First Parent' asked.
"Uh huh," Adam replied.
"Then why did you?"
"I dunno," Eve answered.
"She started it!" Adam said.
"Did not!"
"DID so!"
"DID NOT!"
Having had it with the two of them, God's punishment was that Adam and Eve should have children of their own...thus the pattern was set, and it has never changed.
But there is reassurance in this story. If you have persistently and lovingly tried to give children wisdom and they haven't taken it, don't be hard on yourself. If God had trouble raising children, what makes you think it would be a piece of cake for you?
Advice for the day: If you 're tense and you get a headache, do what it says on the aspirin bottle, "Take two Aspirin" and "Keep away from children."
Children seldom misquote you. In fact, they usually repeat word for word what you shouldn't have said.
The main purpose of holding children's parties is to remind yourself that there are children more awful than your own.
You spend the first 2 years of their life teaching them to walk and talk. Then you spend the next 16 telling them to sit down and be quiet.
Grandchildren are God's reward for not killing your children.
The Great Awakening
Once there was a period of time in a certain region of the world that became known as The Renaissance. It is defined by Wikipedia as "a cultural movement, it encompassed a flowering of literature, science, art, religion, and politics, and a resurgence of learning based on classical sources, the development of linear perspective in painting, and gradual but widespread educational reform."
While that is the summary from a historical point of view, I believe a large, cumulative change like this happens due to a less obvious change in the overall mentality of people. Thus I believe looking back at the past decade and the next, we will look back on this period of time as "The Great Awakening". A relatively fast change in human affairs compared to the Renaissance. The speed of this change is due to the speed of the internet. The internet does not just transmit images and words fast, it transmits ideas fast as well. Yet because it knows no international boundaries it will be a change in mentality for all of humanity. I say humanity because it can be seen spreading from country to country, from continent to continent. To quote a Forbes Magazine article:
"Civilizations have clashed in an unexpected way this year, as ordinary people using Facebook and Twitter knocked down dictators in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya—and are threatening absolute rule in Syria. A so-called Arab spring brought waves of liberation to a long-oppressed region. Something similar is happening in more democratic countries. In Spain throngs of young people, known as “the indignant ones,” occupied public plazas nationwide, protesting unemployment and exclusionary politics. In Israel ordinary citizens from both right and left united in massive demonstrations against high housing prices. And in India one man’s campaign against corruption went viral, bringing thousands to the streets in support."The Forbes article only defines this change in economic terms as "the relative empowerment of the individual over the company". This makes sense due to the magazine's focus, of course. My definition is more of an overall historical and philosophical point of view but without in-depth analysis. I believe The Great Awakening will be the radical change in how each human being sees himself/herself with respect to his/her society, an overall change in how s/he views nature and humanity regardless of international boundaries. Naturally this change will affect the same things the Renaissance changed. I would like a historian and/or philosopher to trace back all these changes and put it in a book(s) perhaps. All I know is that it is here, the winds of change are blowing very hard. I think you can sense it too. Just hang in there and enjoy the ride.
Good luck! :-)
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