Friday, November 10, 2006
speeding
Inspired by Clare at Three Beautiful Things, whose blog I visited after reading normblog's interview with her, and remembering my own impulse to do the same thing, I'm going to try Saying something Positive Each and Every Day. It can be one thing or several, lists or thoughts. If nothing else, this guarantees one post each day even when I'm lolligagging or seem unable to write. My speeding today is:
1. living in a democracy where people get to choose who will represent them in our governing bodies - even if it's imperfect and neither the representatives nor the governing bodies work as well as I'd like them too, nevertheless it's a grand and hopeful enterprise

2. platitudinous though it is, the weather yesterday and today - in the sixties, sunny, absolutely lovely

3. my daughter's birthday yesterday (I won't say how old she is and, anyway, that would make me about 20 years older than that, which is patently impossible!)

4. the picture of my daughter's daughter that I have beside the flowers on my desk - the one where she's throwing back her head and laughing
It'd be awesome if you add some speed of your own in comments. If you want to speed with me, let me know and I'll make a group page. Meantime, I'm keeping track of my own speeding at go-4-speed.

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Anonymous Anonymous — at 2:42 PM, November 10, 2006:
Excellent advice. It falls in line with one of my theories of parenting that I call the Lee Iacocca approach. Iacocca preached "catch somebody doing something good."

I try to do this with my kids. I try to be observant enough to see when my children are doing something helpful or just being nice to each other. When I "catch" them I express some thanks (never over do it). Occasionally when we go out for pizza or such I'll tell them it's for something good/helpful they did.

I think it really works. It's sort of a positive self=fulfilling prophesy.
 

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