Lynn Toler Instagram – My man Max displays a number of positive traits.
1) He stayed with it. Didn’t get frustrated. Just hung in there.
2. Then he did that thing a lot of us grown folk have yet to master. When what made sense to him at first did not work, he did something else.
3. He picked a second method that didn’t seem line it would work. But it did. This is an example of one of Duchess’ favorite bromides. “If you’ve done everything that makes sense to you and they don’t work start doing things that don’t necessarily seem as logical.
Only doing things that makes sense to you in the face of unwanted results is a reminder that we all have limited information. Sometimes there are forces at work we don’t understand. New methods may allow you to discover what those forces are.
… and not for nothing mom had it going on. She encouraged but did not rescue. She praised effort and thought.
If you teach your children to keep trying. If you allow them to become frustrated and then let them figure it out. They learn how to stay in the game when things get tough.
#momlife
Relevant #Tolerism: The more often you consider the proposition that you could be wrong the more often you’ll end up right.
I don’t mind making mistakes as long as they’re new. If I keep making the same ones, it means I didn’t learn anything and THAT is a tragedy of epic proportions.
When labels and allegiances become more important than independent thought and an understanding of nuance, you get a divide so wide everyone ends up acting in opposition to their own interests on some level.
Don’t buy your ideas in bulk. Don’t become impervious to truths that don’t sit smack dab in the middle to some group or cause with which you are aligned.
You never get to stop thinking no matter how strongly you feel.
#momlfe #emotionalintelligence
There are 20 levels of BS going on at my house. Hence the cranky tone to a cute video. I re-read it and I sound like an out of sorts educator that doesn’t understand her class.
My apologies to you and kudos to Max and mom!
Shoutout @serenamariemetz | Posted on 28/Feb/2024 19:49:02



