I have been writing a blog post a day, every single day without fail (as far as I can recall), for over a year now. Before that, I was writing a blog post a day, nearly every single day, for quite a while longer. I enjoy it. It’s good for me and I hope that…
Tag: family
Accepting Help
One of the most important lessons we can teach our children is that we do not solve all of our problems on our own. They need to understand that, quite often, we need help from others. They also need to know that we are willing to ask for it when we do and that we…
Wasted Time
Giving our time and attention to those who will never know or care that we did is a fruitless endeavor. With limited resources at our disposal, we must be careful how we allocate them. What we give to one person or situation cannot be given to another. Once given, it is gone, never to return. …
Our Responsibility
We each have an essential role to play in the lives of the people around us. It may not be the role we want or would have asked for if we had the choice. But, it is ours nonetheless. We can choose to either accept it and embrace our responsibility or we can try to…
The Help We Need
It is very difficult to receive the help we need if we are unwilling or unable to ask for it. Inevitably, we all need help in some form or another. There is simply too much in this life for us to handle alone. We are not meant to. It is prideful and foolish to even…