Pam Reynolds
Mother of 4 Grandmother of 10
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Keep It Simple
“Don’t let someone else’s opinion of you become your reality.” Anonymous “God will help you be all that you can be but He will never help you be someone else.”
Help Handling Resentment
“Envy is a symptom of lack of appreciation of our own uniqueness and self-worth. Each of us has something to give that no one else has.” Elizabeth O’Connor “Set peace of mind as your highest
Spanking
They say it is permissible to discipline by spanking, so long as “Reasonable Force” is used, and the child is not harmed. Is this not ludicrous? How does one use force of any kind on a child, and then decide how much the child has been harmed physically, mentally emotionally or spiritually? Who are we kidding?
Ordinary Might Be Extraordinary
I wonder why we can’t seem to control our measurements. It would be horrible if we went to work every day and listened to others talk about the best worker, smartest computer programmer, or other items we might consider. If neighbors commented on the lawns, houses, apartments or anything else that perhaps is measurable, we would avoid encounters with such individuals.
Trapped In A Half Empty Glass
Have you ever asked why we let our emotions get us down? We perhaps blame it on our difficulties. I do the same thing and have done it for a long time. With a lot of introspection I have discovered a much calmer world within which has led to a calmer world without. That doesn’t mean I don’t gt angry, feel insecure at times, feel useless and lost and confused and a whole lot of other things. It becomes a run away train that must be stopped the sooner the better.
If You Downplay Expectations, You Decrease Stress
“With the fearful strain that is on me night and day, if I did not laugh, I should die.” Abraham Lincoln It is a mystery why we expect so much of ourselves. It is awesome
The Strength Of Gentleness
“I learned that it is the weak who are cruel, and that gentleness is to be expected only from the strong.” Leo Rosen “As the aperture of your heart opens to love you will receive
Change Is An Exhilarating Ride
We either hate change or fear it. One thing is for sure it is always around us. No matter what the age, changes are certain. When we are young we don’t care about it because we all want to be bigger fast. There are a lot of first challenges and we look forward to those. Parents seem to like having their kids transform quickly into self-sufficient adults.