"The Lord is not so intolerant of imperfect parents as to deny them happy kids."
"Age is irrelevant," or so thinks every parent whose offspring have been complimented by the remark,"Kids are so cute at that age,"
"A mother sees past our excuses to the real reason it's not our fault."
"Stay out of the court of self-judgment, for there is no presumption of innocence."
"The optimist knows that one day the earth will stop revolving around the sun but is confident that it will happen in summer."
"Be it said of your kids that they were taught kindness not as a virtue but as the proper etiquette."
"Do not judge yourself until you're done. And if you judge yourself a failure, you're not done."
"The reason they define it as 24 hours is so parents will know when to call it a day."
"In youth, I sought the purpose of life, forever chasing an elusive butterfly. In old age, I see that that is the purpose of life."
"You can regard your kid's every reaction as a referendum on your parenting, but it sure is asking a lot of a kid."
"In the end, I suspect, we will be judged by the number of innocents we have taken under our wing."
Thoughts I ran across in an unpublished post from last Halloween.
"The real ghouls of Halloween sit in darkened houses as trick-or-treaters scurry past."
"There are moonlit nights when the dead send their ghosts to haunt us -- and dark misty nights when they come themselves."
Robert's Rules of Rationalization:
"There is no such thing as a list of reasons. There is either one sufficient reason or a list of excuses."
"If your first reason is only 1/2 sufficient, your second reason will be 1/4 sufficient, your third 1/8 sufficient, and so on to your nth reason, the sum failing to total one sufficient reason."
"There is always just one reason."
~~ Robert Brault
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"Do not judge yourself until you're done. And if you judge yourself a failure, you're not done."
This is my favorite today. Good words to live by.
=)
PS. And you're right. There really is only one reason.
Your rules of rationalization had me thinking a long time. It will take some time for me to accept that some of my reasons are actually excuses...:)You've got it right, I'm working on it.
I truly believe that we will be judged by how we treated the children in our lives. I feel so strongly about that and loved your thought about taking the innocents under our wing(s). I've never seen that thought put in a more lovely way. Thank you!
Today's quotes made me chuckle and then made me think... and kept me out of the court of self-judgment. :o)
My reasons are always my excuses.
Excuse me,
excuse me for no reasons, i used it for a start as it is the reason i recognized it later, so excuse me ..... you, rb, allow me ponder much on certain words ....
rgrds,
salu.
"In the end, I suspect, we will be judged by the number of innocents we have taken under our wing." How beautiful Robert - there are quite a few under your wing! Delighted to see the good Karma simply flowing your way.
Sue,
Actually, this is a takeoff on the well-known saying: "It always works out in the end, and if it hasn't worked out, it's not the end."
khushi,
Sometimes, opposites both ring true: "There is always just one reason." "There is always more than one reason." We sages disagree on this.
Jan,
I've said it various ways. Another is, "Sometimes we cannot fly like an eagle because we have an eaglet under our wing."
Maxie,
Yes, the thing about the court of self-judgment is that you don't get to pick the jury.
Marlene,
The rule of thumb is -- if it gets you out of bed in the morning, it's a reason, otherwise it's an excuse."
salu,
...and Lord knows, your words always leave me pondering, also.
Raj,
It's just that the bad Karma doesn't comment.
Thank you all.
smiles,
rb
"Stay out of the court of self-judgment, for there is no presumption of innocence." was one I found very powerful today.
Thanks Robert, I enjoyed taking my time reading through.
Ken,
Thanks -- and a hearty bon voyage on your upcoming visit to the Brittany estate. Don't forget to bring your weed cutter.
smiles,
rb
"Be it said of your kids that they were taught kindness not as a virtue but as the proper etiquette."
well said, being part of etiquette it will be practised and as a good virtue it stands afar.
"Do not judge yourself until you're done. And if you judge yourself a failure, you're not done."------------ a medicated capsule to remain optimistic... i understand how the energy passes through your readers.
rgrds n love,
salu.
salu,
Thank you. You honor me with your exegesis. I will henceforth take it as proof of wisdom if words stated in one's first language can be explained with clarity in someone else's second language, the languages being one and the same.
smiles,
rb
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