My current thought about our “flattening” world is stuck in this concept i was first taught about as a young good catholic girl wearing tights and ponytails: there is a place or time or kingdom where “the least becomes the greatest, and the last the first”.

“The least” have strengths only incurred by their trials. They understand their need to survive as a unit. They grow inner strengths to overcome by mere human will. They are not enslaved to things or safety. They learn feel hurt and pain. They are know how to survive. As victims alive they can build unbeatable systems. Unbeatable to any other than their own grandchildren, that is. Ungratefulness is weakness.

The greatest become dependent upon certain props to survive. Most current greats are generations into their safe and encumbered lives. They often lack ability to face pain and hurt, so easy to buy joy. They become far too independent and Read more...

i am daily thankful of a decision i made as a young mom:
when my 3 boys were little toddler boys
as they made lego towers and playdough people
played on monkey bars, rode bikes, shared clothing, received athletic and academic awards, spent money collectively, received gifts of varied awesomeness, competed for their place in the family.
i let them know what was good and life giving or life killing, deadly
1.thinking of the other brother was what we did. it gives life.
2. speaking negatively to one another causes much pain to the brother, to yourself. deadly
3. and above all, even when wronged, solve your problems in such a way that you do not damage the other.
* my kids know our family golden rule. there is nothing so bad that you take out your anger on your brother.
today they remain independent yet interconnected, despite their still- existing self centered nature.
i taught them to live this way because it is right and true, Read more...