How can you travel a path that is hidden, unless you’ve a guide or someone who’s ridden that way before you? The majority of the things we know, we’ve been taught by someone else. And while experience is the best teacher, in our “educated society,” most of what we know, we’ve been taught by another […]
Tag: Attention
C.A.S.T.ing Your Love – Storytelling (4 of 5)
Once Upon a Time… For centuries, when these four words have been spoken, or read, we’ve waited, with bated breath, for a tale of inspiration or wonder. It has become the promise of a story …and we love stories! Titles like The Wizard of Oz, The Wind in the Willows, The Lion, the Witch, and […]
C.A.S.T.ing Your Love – Attention (3 of 5)
Have you ever wondered why soldiers stand at attention? Have you ever had to do this? There is a certain amount of respect woven into standing at attention, and it also eliminates distractions from excess movement and looking around. Much like the idea of folding your hands and closing your eyes to pray – it’s […]
C.A.S.T. Your Love Upon Your Children! (1 of 5)
If I were a fisherman, I might have some great intricate analogy from the pole-fishing world about “the perfect cast,” …what is involved …how each specific motion connects to a specific idea in how we ought to seek to love our children… …but I don’t fish. Perhaps a fisherman out there would like to weigh-in […]
They WAY you talk to your children
Communication. It’s necessary. It’s important. But be careful, how you talk to your children. In the last post I talked about engaging, and asking questions to your children in an effort to begin conversations. Now, lets talk about the way we talk to them when the utility of communication is all that you are looking […]