Cheerfulness Mom gave me a journal once, green with red and yellow swirls, that says: “Cheerfulness is the atmosphere in which all things thrive.” –Johann Richter It seems to me that when speaking of children and friendship, with all our high-sounding talk of Love and Sacrifice and Discipline and Spending Time, we sometimes forget this […]
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Honest Imperfection I dislike perfect people. Always have. No matter how hard I myself may try to be smart, steady, kind, thoughtful, calm, collected, spiritual, loving, organized, and always right, I resent it when I see too many of these qualities in another individual. Or maybe it is my perception that they see these qualities
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Freedom I remember when we were teenagers, Dad told us, “You never have to listen to me if you don’t want to. If I tell you something you don’t want to do, don’t do it.” As a conscientious child raised to uphold the twin pillars of “Obey God” and “Obey your parents,” such a release
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A guest post by Dorcas Smucker, blogger at Life in the Shoe: *** This post is about piles of stuff. And it’s mostly for young people. This is dangerous, I know, to classify myself not only as old, but also with wisdom to impart. On the few occasions that I write or speak to young people,
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I met Sheryl Friesen at the CLP Writers and Artists Conference–a Russian Mennonite girl from Belize visiting the U.S. for the first time. Her comments intrigued me. “The buildings are so big,” she said. “They’re like villages in themselves.” Today I am heading off to Ontario for a summer adventure of my own, and I’ve
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