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Tish Mims
Columnist
peny.dJa@perry-Ka.gov
I’m a hostage in my own
home. Daytime TV and
boredom have taken over.
In the last two weeks, I’ve
read several (dozen) books,
watched enough television
to make me insane and
napped extensively. Yes, I
am the victim of recupera
tion. Aaaarrrrrrrgggh!
This got me thinking (in
as much as I can these
days). What is there to do
when you’re not allowed to
do anything? And I do
mean, not anything. I love
to cook. Cooking is on the
list of no-nos. I love to
paint. Can’t do that either.
My house could really, really
use a good cleaning. Also on
the no-no list. If I’m bored
on the weekends, I
rearrange furniture. That’s
not happening anytime
soon. I can’t drive any
where, and can’t think of
anywhere to go if I had a
driver.
My friends have tried to
amuse me. Bless them all,
they’ve been wonderful. If
not for their dedicated
phone calls every day, I real
ly would be insane. One
friend even went out and
bought a purse that I want
ed but couldn’t shop for.
Other friends have delivered
dinner (and cake!). By the
way, it’s great to eat cake
when you can’t exercise.
I’ve heard it’s also calorie
free. My husband is up for
sainthood. He’s been the
mom, chauffeur, cook and
maid. He’s also done some
shopping, and didn’t even
protest too much.
You’d think that all this R
& R would be great. Not so.
My brain may actually be
turning to mush. I can feel
my skull getting lumpy. My
belly is also getting lumpy,
but that’s from all the calo
rie-free cake. And if that’s
not bad enough, I’m getting
telephone ear too. You
know, when your ear gets all
lumpy and hot from being
on the phone too long.
I used to bemoan my hec
tic schedule. I used to long
for a day completely to
myself. A day with no
appointments, meetings,
errands or children’s activi
ties to coordinate. I could
kick myself now. What was
that old expression? Be
careful what you wish for,
you just might get it.
I think that I’ve gotten
dependent on my crazy life.
I can remember sitting on
my grandparents’ front
porch, rocking after supper.
That’s what we did. That’s
all we did. Now I can barely
sit still for five minutes.
Has technology ruined
peacefulness? I don’t know
how much more of this I can
take.
And don’t get me started
on daytime television. The
animal channel amused me
for about an hour. British
television held my interest
for most of a day. The sit
com channel just made me
wonder how on earth I ever
sat through them the first
time. Home and garden tel
evision...now there’s one I
like. Guess what? After six
hours, they start repeating
the programs. So if you
miss part of a program dur
ing breakfast, you can catch
up at lunch. Or you can just
watch everything twice, and
you don’t have to reach for
the remote control all day.
Tomorrow I’m going to try
internet shopping. My bank
account can hold out for
about five minutes. Then
there will only be twenty
three hours and fifty-five
more minutes to fill. I
might try sitting on the
front porch for a bit, ya’ll
wave at me if you drive by.
Let your
QUESTION: My children
love to do things for them
selves, but they make such
messes that it’s easier for
me to do the things for
them. I just don’t have the
patience to see them fumble
with stuff Do you think I’m
wrong to step in ?
DR. DOBSON: I think
you are wrong, even though
I understand how you feel. I
heard a story about a moth
er who was sick in bed with
the flu. Her darling daugh
ter wanted so much to be a
good nurse. She fluffed the
pillows and brought a mag
azine to read. And then she
even showed up with a sur
prise cup of tea.
“Why, you’re such a
sweetheart,” the mother
said as she drank the tea. “I
didn’t know you even knew
how to make tea.”
“Oh, yes,” the little girl
replied. “I learned by
watching you. I put the tea
leaves in the pan, and then
I put in the water and
boiled it. Then I strained it
into a cup. But I couldn’t
find a strainer, so I used the
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Several children were vis
iting in the home of a neigh
bor. Passing through the
kitchen, the youngsters hes-
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Michael, who disputed with
the devil over the body of
Moses in Jude.
Satan was once an
archangel named Lucifer
before His rebellion against
God and expulsion from
heaven. Jesus said, “ I saw
Lucifer fall from heaven.”
Next there are God’s mes
sengers like Gabriel who
announced the birth of
Jesus and John the Baptist.
Then there are the
seraphim.
These are the six wing
creatures that hover above
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flyswatter instead.”
“You what?” the mother
screamed.
The little girl said, “Oh,
don’t worry, Mom, I didn’t
use the new flyswatter. I
used the old one.”
Well, when kids try their
hardest and they get it all
wrong in spite of them
selves, what’s a parent to
do? What mothers and
fathers often do is prevent
their children from carry
ing any responsibility that
could result in a mess or a
itated, taking invoice of
goodies.
Passing beside the count
er, one child gazed wishfully
at a jar of candy.
As the children waited
with expectations, one said
to the other, “If you want
something, you’ve gotta ast
for it.” The visit ended with
the children going away
empty handed.
Witnessing the incident,
the slogan “Seek The Giver
Instead of the Gift,” came to
mind. Had the children
sought out the giver rather
than the gift, in all probabil
ity their visit would have
been rewarded. There is a
little lesson tucked away in
the slogan for each of us.
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the throne of God. Next are
the cherubim that stand
sentry at the entrance to the
Garden of Eden preventing
access to the tree of life.
Many believe that each
Christian has an angel
assigned to watch over him
or her. Followers of Islam
believe that two angels are
assigned to each person: one
records the good deeds and
another the bad.
Remember the next per
son you meet may be an
angel “for some men have
entertained angels
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learn from their mistakes
mistake. It’s just easier to
do everything for them
than to clean up afterward.
But I urge parents not to
fall into that trap.
Your child needs
her mistakes. That’s how
she learns. So go along with
the game every now and
then even if the tea you
drink tastes a little strange.
• • •
QUESTION: Isn’t it
our goal to produce chil
dren with self-discipline
and self-reliance? If so,
how does your approach
to external discipline
imposed by parents get
translated into internal
control?
DR. DOBSON: There are
many authorities who sug
gest that parents take a
passive approach to their
children for the reason
implied by your question:
They want their kids to dis
cipline themselves. But
since young people lack the
maturity to generate that
self-control, they stumble
through childhood without
experiencing either internal
Seek the giver
While it is true that God
honors our requests, He
does not wait for us to ask.
It is doubtful that there is
one among us who has never
been guilty of seeking some
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or external discipline.
Thus, they enter adult
life having never completed
an unpleasant assignment,
or accepted an order that
they disliked, or yielded to
the leadership of their eld
ers. Can we expect such a
person to exercise self-disci
pline in young adulthood? I
think not. That individual
doesn’t even know the
meaning of the words.
My belief is that parents
should introduce their chil
dren to discipline and self
control by any reasonable
means available, including
the use of external influ
ences when they are young.
By being required to behave
responsibly, children gain
valuable experience in con
trolling their own impulses
and resources. Then as they
grow into the teen years,
responsibility is transferred
year by year from the shoul
ders of the parents directly
to the children. They no
longer are required to do
what they have learned
during earlier years, in the
hope that they will want to
thing we wanted, when the
search should have been for
the One who provides. We do
not always get everything
we want, but we can be sure
our needs will not be neg
lected when we seek the
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function on their own ini
tiative.
To illustrate, a boy should
be required to keep his
room relatively neat when
he is young. Then some
where during the mid
teens, his own self-disci
pline should take over and
provide the motivation to
continue the task. If it does
not, the parent should close
the door and let him live in
a dump, if that is his choice.
In short, self-discipline
does not come automatical
ly to those who have never
experienced it. Self-control
must be learned, and it
must be taught.
• • •
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Giver instead of the gift.
For whoever would draw
near to God must believe
that He exists and that He
rewards those who seek
Him.” - Hebrews 11:6.
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