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Thinking about this more. Fear is a common catalyst but not the only. For some it is actually power.

It’s not about Good vs. Evil. No one is evil.

It’s about faith vs. fear.

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It’s not bad posture, it’s called my ~aesthetic~

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Self-care cheat list:

When you feel like you hate everyone……..eat something

When you feel like everyone hates you……..go to sleep

When you feel ugly/gross……..take a shower

When you feel useless/unproductive/lazy……..exercise

When you feel like you’re losing all patience with your kids……..get together with friends

When you feel like you have a million thoughts to process……..journal/paint/knit

When you feel burnt out/numb/void…….pray

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Yo my mind is blown. I’ve been suspecting that there’s a reason young children crave sugary snacks so much. It’s obviously not because it’s “addictive” and it’s not even because it’s often restricted. Children are programmed to get their needs met. They crave sugar for a reason and I’ve just been doing some research and put the pieces together!

Glucose is the primary need of the brain! The brain uses like 25% of our glucose intake for it’s functioning and will take glucose from other areas when it needs to. And kids brains are developing at a super fast rate AND their brains glucose consumption is nearly 50% of total intake! So yes they do need sugar! It is a vital nutrient!

We get glucose from carbohydrates. So a normal adult will get what they need from normal meals. Bread, rice, potatoes.

But children need even more glucose than adults. Hence comes sweets cravings.

I’m just gonna wait for mainstream science and diet culture to catch up with me on this.

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We need to detach shame from our concept of sin and punishment. There is no place for shame.

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I should’ve said no one is *born* evil. A person can become entrenched in evil ways and their character can become corrupted. But the catalyst is always (I think) fear.

It’s not about Good vs. Evil. No one is evil.

It’s about faith vs. fear.

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It’s not about Good vs. Evil. No one is evil.

It’s about faith vs. fear.

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When we say babies are innocent, what do we mean by that?

We mean free of shame. Free of self-consciousness.

It’s the same innocence of Adam and Eve before eating from the tree of knowledge. What do we mean by knowledge?

Knowledge of how the world works, our context within the world, the differences between people, how others think and perceive us.

This knowledge is important to us and yet comes tied together with self-consciousness, with embarrassment, with shame.

My question is, does shame serve us? Is shame inevitable? Is it possible to live in a post-Eden world free of shame?

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I believe all children and people are innately striving for closeness to Gd, striving for truth, striving for goodness. My goal as a parent is simply to get out of my kids’ way. To work on myself so I don’t put my shit on them.

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I believe being a mother and raising children is the single most significant and important job I will ever have in my life. I will never understand people who think I need to ignore my kids a little, not give them too much attention so they’ll learn that they’re NOT the most important thing in my life, that I have a life outside them. Like what? They are not a side thing. My children are not an accessory to my life. I gave birth to them with purpose and intention. They are immensely meaningful and important and loved AND THEY SHOULD KNOW IT!!!!

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Kids do well if they can. If you ask your child to do something and they say “no” you can believe that they’re saying no because whatever you asked of them feels too hard and feels a little (or a lot) beyond them at that moment.

If it’s easier for you to do it yourself, YOU CAN HELP YOUR CHILD AND DO IT FOR THEM! You are not ruining them or teaching them it’s okay to defy you. Anyway it’s not their job to obey you. But also THEY’RE NOT SAYING NO IN ORDER TO DEFY YOU. It’s okay to help your child do something!

OR another option—break down what is hard for them about what you asked and find a solution to make it easier for them.

But believe if they said no it’s because they actually couldn’t do what you asked of them.

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I’ve been on tumblr for at least 10 years and still don’t know how it works

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My constant urge to raise the volume of people speaking to me

I think I might have played too many city builder games during quarantine. I just tried to rotate the angle of my word document using the middle scroll button to try and get a better look at the plot.

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