march 6.2008
So reading the classics with the kids is always rewarding. Especially since a lot of them I never read the first go around. Our good friends that homeschool also join us for science and bookclub, as we meet once a week, doing more science and fun experiments than the book thing. But having our kids be able to reach into a book and pull out the morals of the stories is fascinating to watch, and good practice. Our first book for bookclub was Moby Dick. Ahhh, the infamous Captain Ahab, always out for revenge, never letting things go, always wanting to get even. Could that apply in any of our lives? Or having people believe in us, or believing in someone else, as in the Secret Garden, that can definitely be applicable. If you tell someone their going to be a certain way, chances are they will believe it. So why not believe in others, and encourage them to be the best they can be. One of my favorite quotes is, “Children are likely to live up to what you believe of them.” So why not believe the very best? What’s the harm in having people grow up feeling good about themselves, feeling like they can achieve the world? I believe only making their lives, and the generations to come after them a better one. Isn’t that what we want? We can believe in ourselves, no matter what others believe also. Everyone has a choice, no matter what. What will be your choice in life, the road less traveled but the right road, or the one others follow because that’s what everyone else is doing? I personally like having my own space, thinking outside of the box, wondering why we do things because “everyone else does it”, and why is it o.k. to be the norm? So for me, I am grateful for agency, freedom, and having created my own “secret garden” at home, where I feel it is beautiful, and I can dream, my kids can dream, and we can make beautiful memories together.