Why is it more important to learn to befriend immediate family than
Befriend others?
What we learn at home we take into the world
Those who learn to make lasting friends of immediate family
Absorb character strengthening tools
That maintain closer bonds with others, as well
I don't agree that 'you can't have too many friends'
What's true is that you can't have too many friends
Who show up when the chips are down ...
Gave a mug to my best friend that says ...
True friends walk in when others walk out
Once I had more friends than time and energy to spare
Today I make better use of time, energy and my noodle
By considering to whom I'll offer assessibility and availability
When reflecting over the immediate family I raised
I'm glad to say we count each other amongst our best friends, today
If asked how that came to be
I'd respond ...
Whenever conflicts arose
We'd gathered round, opened a tool box
And pulled out one of five simple tools
Which tend to simplify solutions
Before complexity twists emotional support
Into less-than-conscious judgment calls that
Show up as negatively focused body language, which push others away
You see, the humsn brain tends to leap toward premature conclusions
Before all of the puzzling pieces of the bigger picture
Have been retrieved, assembled and understood
When we're too fast to judge
We tend to misjudge, too often
When friends feel misjudged, too often
We give them sound reason to pull away
As Annie grows toward womanhood and motherhood
Descrptions of each tool will appear in posts down the road
If you ask me to name these tools, which popped into my mind
During those wild and wooley days of taming the squawks
Of family squabbles
:) I'll smile and say, okay
So, here goes ...
The three minute miracle
The line of control
The cooperation game
The three step, sanity saving, problem-solving plan
The faces we wear
Got it?
Good
Because that's more than I'd planned to say, today ...
Your friend,
:) Annie
Befriend others?
What we learn at home we take into the world
Those who learn to make lasting friends of immediate family
Absorb character strengthening tools
That maintain closer bonds with others, as well
I don't agree that 'you can't have too many friends'
What's true is that you can't have too many friends
Who show up when the chips are down ...
Gave a mug to my best friend that says ...
True friends walk in when others walk out
Once I had more friends than time and energy to spare
Today I make better use of time, energy and my noodle
By considering to whom I'll offer assessibility and availability
When reflecting over the immediate family I raised
I'm glad to say we count each other amongst our best friends, today
If asked how that came to be
I'd respond ...
Whenever conflicts arose
We'd gathered round, opened a tool box
And pulled out one of five simple tools
Which tend to simplify solutions
Before complexity twists emotional support
Into less-than-conscious judgment calls that
Show up as negatively focused body language, which push others away
You see, the humsn brain tends to leap toward premature conclusions
Before all of the puzzling pieces of the bigger picture
Have been retrieved, assembled and understood
When we're too fast to judge
We tend to misjudge, too often
When friends feel misjudged, too often
We give them sound reason to pull away
As Annie grows toward womanhood and motherhood
Descrptions of each tool will appear in posts down the road
If you ask me to name these tools, which popped into my mind
During those wild and wooley days of taming the squawks
Of family squabbles
:) I'll smile and say, okay
So, here goes ...
The three minute miracle
The line of control
The cooperation game
The three step, sanity saving, problem-solving plan
The faces we wear
Got it?
Good
Because that's more than I'd planned to say, today ...
Your friend,
:) Annie
