Here's the present condition of my family as of 10:20 pm this day in December.
My wife is in bed having a well deserved early turn-in.
My grandchildren are in front of the computer together eating ice cream.
Miguette is off to her night shift at the old people factory.
Adrian is downstairs with a lady guest doing whatever you do with lady guests.
Michael has gone back to his nice apartment in downtown London in his own car.
Jon and Alisha are back at their respective job and school, both of whcih they enjoy and are good at.
Peter just talked to his children on the phone and he seems sober.
The highlight of my day was at the local rec complex, where for the first time ever I bounced back and forth between 2 rinks trying to see both kids play at the same time. What a freakin joy! As I watched it occurred to me that both of them could be a little more agressive in their playing style. Then again I thought....NOT! They both love it so much that why would I want to change a thing in what they do? If not agressive towards others on the ice, they still play very hard and gain all the benefits of exercise and team sports. Agression is easy to teach if and when there is value in it. Right now there is none. They are happy!
And so am I!
(10.3 km run, 51 mins)
"Aggression is inherently destructive of relationships. People and ideologies are pitted against each other, believing that in order to survive, they must destroy the opposition."---Margaret J Wheatley.
“The tendency of aggression is an innate, independent, instinctual disposition in man... it constitutes the most powerful obstacle to culture".---Sigmund Freud
Love
Peter
My wife is in bed having a well deserved early turn-in.
My grandchildren are in front of the computer together eating ice cream.
Miguette is off to her night shift at the old people factory.
Adrian is downstairs with a lady guest doing whatever you do with lady guests.
Michael has gone back to his nice apartment in downtown London in his own car.
Jon and Alisha are back at their respective job and school, both of whcih they enjoy and are good at.
Peter just talked to his children on the phone and he seems sober.
The highlight of my day was at the local rec complex, where for the first time ever I bounced back and forth between 2 rinks trying to see both kids play at the same time. What a freakin joy! As I watched it occurred to me that both of them could be a little more agressive in their playing style. Then again I thought....NOT! They both love it so much that why would I want to change a thing in what they do? If not agressive towards others on the ice, they still play very hard and gain all the benefits of exercise and team sports. Agression is easy to teach if and when there is value in it. Right now there is none. They are happy!
And so am I!
(10.3 km run, 51 mins)
"Aggression is inherently destructive of relationships. People and ideologies are pitted against each other, believing that in order to survive, they must destroy the opposition."---Margaret J Wheatley.
“The tendency of aggression is an innate, independent, instinctual disposition in man... it constitutes the most powerful obstacle to culture".---Sigmund Freud
Love
Peter
happy birthday, Tim!
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