Thank Goodness
I have several posts saved in drafts
For times such as this when pain is high, creativity low
For example, today's post was written
When creative juices were bubbling over, last week :)
When, as a young woman, I chose to have a child
No one told me I'd need to be more than a good person
I did not know that a parent must learn to be an effective leader
Though effectiveness comes with experience
And experience can't be taught ... I had a lot to learn :)
If asked why parents need learn to be effective leaders
I'd reply
It takes an effective leader to raise effective leaders
And if there's one thing we are always in need of
It's effective leadership throughout the world
If asked the first thing effective leaders need to learn
I'd reply ...
Effective leaders need to learn
How best to effectively lead themselves
So they can get where they most want to go
Each time I figure out
How to protect the good health of my spirit
My offspring, who watch my every move
Learn to mimic how best to protect
The good health of their spirits, too
Today's post aims to show you
Why everything I learned about selflessness
Came under the gun
With hindsight, experience taught me to learn the importance
Of seriously reconsidering lessons spoon fed to youth
Though bereft of insights such as these
When my first child nestled trustingly in my arms
Thankfully, I'd accepted my neighbor's invitation
To attend sessions of The Family EducationAssociation
Affiliated with The Alfred Adler Institute of Psychology
From that fortuitous time to this
Instinct senses that my path as a parent (and person)
Can change for the better in highly significant ways
And if you ask how I know my instinct was and is on target
I'll reply:
While learning to raise caring, responsible children
My Neo cortex absorbed lessons in effective leadership, myself
And from that time to this
I've had no clue where open mindedness
May generate the expansive nature of personal growth, next
Though I still have no clue where open mindedness
May inspire personal growth within me
I do know this:
If growth depends upon bending or extending narrow rules
You can trust me to follow a path as mind expanding as that :)
Oh yes ...
One more train of thought ...
Though pain less than yesterday
Not decreased enough to indulge in brunch with friends
So, here I am, nourishing my spirit by writing to you :)
As to seeing my friends?
Well, right now, each of us is doing our own thing
As part of revised plan, after brunch, they'll ring my chimes
Signaling me to answer door and return to elevating leg
Smiling to know that today's decision created less pain than before
And—Amen to evvectively leading myself to where I most want to go! :)
I have several posts saved in drafts
For times such as this when pain is high, creativity low
For example, today's post was written
When creative juices were bubbling over, last week :)
When, as a young woman, I chose to have a child
No one told me I'd need to be more than a good person
I did not know that a parent must learn to be an effective leader
Though effectiveness comes with experience
And experience can't be taught ... I had a lot to learn :)
If asked why parents need learn to be effective leaders
I'd reply
It takes an effective leader to raise effective leaders
And if there's one thing we are always in need of
It's effective leadership throughout the world
If asked the first thing effective leaders need to learn
I'd reply ...
Effective leaders need to learn
How best to effectively lead themselves
So they can get where they most want to go
Each time I figure out
How to protect the good health of my spirit
My offspring, who watch my every move
Learn to mimic how best to protect
The good health of their spirits, too
Today's post aims to show you
Why everything I learned about selflessness
Came under the gun
With hindsight, experience taught me to learn the importance
Of seriously reconsidering lessons spoon fed to youth
Though bereft of insights such as these
When my first child nestled trustingly in my arms
Thankfully, I'd accepted my neighbor's invitation
To attend sessions of The Family EducationAssociation
Affiliated with The Alfred Adler Institute of Psychology
From that fortuitous time to this
Instinct senses that my path as a parent (and person)
Can change for the better in highly significant ways
And if you ask how I know my instinct was and is on target
I'll reply:
While learning to raise caring, responsible children
My Neo cortex absorbed lessons in effective leadership, myself
And from that time to this
I've had no clue where open mindedness
May generate the expansive nature of personal growth, next
Though I still have no clue where open mindedness
May inspire personal growth within me
I do know this:
If growth depends upon bending or extending narrow rules
You can trust me to follow a path as mind expanding as that :)
Oh yes ...
One more train of thought ...
Though pain less than yesterday
Not decreased enough to indulge in brunch with friends
So, here I am, nourishing my spirit by writing to you :)
As to seeing my friends?
Well, right now, each of us is doing our own thing
As part of revised plan, after brunch, they'll ring my chimes
Signaling me to answer door and return to elevating leg
Smiling to know that today's decision created less pain than before
And—Amen to evvectively leading myself to where I most want to go! :)
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