(Not terribly) thinky thoughts

[jelazakazone]

We went to services this morning and I found it incredibly interesting.  The theme for today was broken parts and healing; to me, there is an auxillary part which is resistance.  I don't quite know how it all fits together, but it does all seem related.  I was talking with someone earlier in the week about how my mornings suck with DD1 because she

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[aome]

Maybe she'd sat/slept wrong on her legs, resulting in the walking issue?

How often does she buy lunch at school? And what unauthorized things was she buying? We let MiniPlu buy once a month, as a compromise between costs/nutrition and her wanting to buy at school like many of her friends do. When the monthly menu comes, I read it to her and she picks what day she wants to go. I think she understands the cost issue, even if no physical money is involved. In fact, we were explaining this the other day, the cost of eating in vs eating out, and she was suitably impressed.

I suppose resistance can be healing if you strongly disagree with the status quo, and feel you are being more true to yourself by making a stand?

[jelazakazone]

Yeah, we have no idea what this morning was about.

The deal was that she could buy lunch once a month. I figured that was reasonable. She bought ice cream once with a lunch and then yogurt+ice cream and fruit + ice cream.

I don't know what the deal with resistance is. It's definitely better to feel good, physically, mentally, emotionally, but it's hard to be weird too.

[celandineb]

Fwiw, I was the shortest kid in my grade in elementary school all the way up until 6th grade, when I grew a LOT and ended up being right in the middle, height-wise. So maybe that will reassure DD1?

[lillibet]

On being short: everybody's got something. I was always tall for my age and there were many times I wished I were short and cute like other girls. Not to mention thinner! Maybe you could challenge her to think of things that are good about being short (you can fit into smaller spaces, you can choose whether or not to stand out in a crowd, when she's older she could wear heels without looking ridiculous...).

On resistance: I think it's important to be aware of where you're focusing your energy. Mindlessly resisting just because is a waste of your energy and makes life endlessly difficult. But choosing what's important to resist and doing that can be extremely powerful. I have a hard time when I realize that something I like is popular, not rejecting it instinctively, but that would be letting popular taste sway me just as much as if I conformed. In the area of healing, I think that resisting illness and the often-related depression can be useful and powerful. Balance in all things.

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