"What's the best that can happen?" I LOVE THIS. I'm going to start using it immediately, especially with my oft-catastrophizing husband. Also love the Caitlin J insights. Thanks, Tereza!
I will pass on your love to Cassandra, coiner of the question. She also says 'You can only change what you love.' I forget if I quoted that here but it seemed like a phrase after your own heart. And that's funny, I have an oft-catastrophizing ex. Maybe that's how Cassandra balances his doom-and-gloom out. I don't know about your hubby but the upside of mine is that he's always good in a crisis. When the shoe that he's been waiting for finally drops, it's almost like a relief. And the girls have never needed help without him being there for them. So the worrying mostly just affects him.
Me too! They rule my yard. I'm just their groundskeeper. They stand on the sidewalk and wait for the worms to swim up to them like little sushi boats--that's how spoilt my crows are.
Spoilt? Seems an odd thing to say about being smart and connected to Nature!! lol I'm poking you a little bit, but in a friendly way... Think about that... What's behind it? It reminds me of how brilliant your daughter's question is... It's truly a game-changer, as you say!!
Oh, we are so sneakily taught to de-value Nature... and Nature's ways (the Feminine?), but it's good to question ourselves when these kinds of things slip out of our mouths (or our pens!)... Have you ever read a little book called "The First Sex"? About religion and stuff BEFORE patriarchy? A friend of mine (the one who showed me the brilliance of "Seder Masochism"-- did you watch it? I loved it.) suggested this book, and I'm in the middle of reading it, but it's really quite interesting! The author is Elizabeth Gould Davis, 1971. Cheers, m'dear!
Ha ha. Totally agree. It was their reluctance to get their little claws wet in the grass that cracked me up. The First Sex sounds fascinating, I'll look for it. Along with Seder Masochism--what a fantastic title. Thanks so much for the tips!
"What's the best that can happen?" I LOVE THIS. I'm going to start using it immediately, especially with my oft-catastrophizing husband. Also love the Caitlin J insights. Thanks, Tereza!
I will pass on your love to Cassandra, coiner of the question. She also says 'You can only change what you love.' I forget if I quoted that here but it seemed like a phrase after your own heart. And that's funny, I have an oft-catastrophizing ex. Maybe that's how Cassandra balances his doom-and-gloom out. I don't know about your hubby but the upside of mine is that he's always good in a crisis. When the shoe that he's been waiting for finally drops, it's almost like a relief. And the girls have never needed help without him being there for them. So the worrying mostly just affects him.
I luv crows. They are smarter than a lot of people I know! ^_^
Me too! They rule my yard. I'm just their groundskeeper. They stand on the sidewalk and wait for the worms to swim up to them like little sushi boats--that's how spoilt my crows are.
Spoilt? Seems an odd thing to say about being smart and connected to Nature!! lol I'm poking you a little bit, but in a friendly way... Think about that... What's behind it? It reminds me of how brilliant your daughter's question is... It's truly a game-changer, as you say!!
Oh, we are so sneakily taught to de-value Nature... and Nature's ways (the Feminine?), but it's good to question ourselves when these kinds of things slip out of our mouths (or our pens!)... Have you ever read a little book called "The First Sex"? About religion and stuff BEFORE patriarchy? A friend of mine (the one who showed me the brilliance of "Seder Masochism"-- did you watch it? I loved it.) suggested this book, and I'm in the middle of reading it, but it's really quite interesting! The author is Elizabeth Gould Davis, 1971. Cheers, m'dear!
Ha ha. Totally agree. It was their reluctance to get their little claws wet in the grass that cracked me up. The First Sex sounds fascinating, I'll look for it. Along with Seder Masochism--what a fantastic title. Thanks so much for the tips!
No one I would rather be busting those stereotypes with! Greetings from Synchron City.