Bet you thought I forgot all about My Personal Rule of Six, didn't you. (I'm sure my blog posts from months ago are at the forefront of your mind, LOL) Well, you'd be mostly right. :-P I think the process of thinking it through was cathartic and useful. Have I kept them on my mind daily? No, far from it. But I have been trying my best to apply them anyway. I thought I would bring them up again, not only to discuss my progress (or lack thereof) but to simply remind myself how important they are. Here are the bullet points:
- Only for today, I will act with the authority over my children that God placed in me as their mother.
- Only for today, I will react with good humor in all but the most dire of situations.
- Only for today, I will pro-act, and head off trouble before it starts: I will maintain our routines as much as possible and guard against the two evils of hastiness and indecision.
- Only for today, I will appear self-confident in my dealings with the children: I will maintain a smile on my face, a twinkle in my eye, an "easy grace and an erect carriage, as the Spanish peasant bears her water-jar."
- Only for today, I will have confidence in my children's academic and behavioral abilities; which I will gain knowledge of through thoughtful observation.
- Only for today I will think of the matter at hand in the present moment, without trying to solve the future's problems or wish away the past.
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