Musings

[aelfie]

So one of my mantra's lately when I'm feeling blue has been.

I am who I am and that is enough, And its enough because I am where I am and its enough. Its enough because I am who I am....etc, etc

I'm perusing my various Waldorf homeschooling blogs, forums, yahoo groups, etc, and silently lamenting to myself that I'm not Waldorfy enough.

Then I said wait a minute. I am enough. We are enough. Okay, so we aren't the full on all organic food and clothing, living on a farm growing our own food, while raising our own sheep and using it to create our clothes, and haven't owned a TV in years, who's kids not only don't own a single plastic toy but have no idea who in the hell Spiderman is, never seen a comic book, never played a video game family. But its okay. We are enough.

We are our own family. And although my kids watch more TV than I think is healthy, and they have plastic toys, we are doing our best to raise them to be ethical, thoughtful, and kind people. We are giving them the best education possible. Guess what? Its enough. And it will continue to be enough as long as we continue to do our best and strive to improve.

It is enough.

Now where in the hell is the heavy duty lamp timer I bought to put on the TV? I'm gonna cut down their babble box consumption somehow. I'm almost ready to get rid of it...but not yet.

Comments

[rephetibel.livejournal.com]

Into everyone's life there enters someone who crochets market bags out of belly button lint. You just have to say 'good for you' and go on living your life your way.

[aelfie.livejournal.com]

Wow! What a visual! Thank you for the first laugh of the day.

[psi-star-psi.livejournal.com]

I don't have my Bloom County books with me, so I can't look up the exact reference. A web search shows that it was a sweater Opus made from his BBL, but I don't remember whether it was for the rabbit or the woodchuck.

I am so ashamed.

[rephetibel.livejournal.com]

Did he really? I wrote dryer lint first and then belly button lint seemed funnier. Maybe my brain remembered Opus and neglected to tell me I would be plagerizing if I used it.

[psi-star-psi.livejournal.com]

Please accept my apologies. I didn't mean to imply that you were copying. I was instead trying to reflect on why BBL is the ultimate hippy granola fiber material. You recognized that it's funnier, just like the Rule of Comedy: "Underpants" is funnier than "underwear".

[rephetibel.livejournal.com]

Well, for goodness sakes. "Underpants" IS funnier than "underwear!" How odd. Kind of like "My foot hurts" seems more feminine than "My feet hurt."