Comments on: The Green Eyed Monster http://www.weekendkindness.net/2008/01/14/the-green-eyed-monster/ Reaching Others Through Kindness Thu, 22 Jul 2010 12:57:18 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: AG http://www.weekendkindness.net/2008/01/14/the-green-eyed-monster/comment-page-1/#comment-4772 AG Wed, 27 Feb 2008 19:14:13 +0000 http://www.weekendkindness.net/2008/01/14/the-green-eyed-monster/#comment-4772 Even if the activities themselves are a distraction, the opportunity and freedom to participate is a blessing. But we can involve our children in positive activities, such as volunteering at a soup kitchen with them. <em>AG's last blog post..<a href='http://talmidah-b-yeshua.blogspot.com/2008/02/truth-about-porn.html'>The Truth About Porn</a></em> Even if the activities themselves are a distraction, the opportunity and freedom to participate is a blessing.
But we can involve our children in positive activities, such as volunteering at a soup kitchen with them.

AG’s last blog post..The Truth About Porn

]]> By: MInTheGap http://www.weekendkindness.net/2008/01/14/the-green-eyed-monster/comment-page-1/#comment-4770 MInTheGap Wed, 27 Feb 2008 18:38:41 +0000 http://www.weekendkindness.net/2008/01/14/the-green-eyed-monster/#comment-4770 That is very true, AG. It's hard to remember that there are people in other societies that don't have the family around that we do, that do not have the opportunity for the relationships that we do, and they certainly don't have the activities that our kids have available to them. But with that latest one, is it necessarily a good thing? Perhaps we're over-programmed? That is very true, AG. It’s hard to remember that there are people in other societies that don’t have the family around that we do, that do not have the opportunity for the relationships that we do, and they certainly don’t have the activities that our kids have available to them.

But with that latest one, is it necessarily a good thing? Perhaps we’re over-programmed?

]]> By: AG http://www.weekendkindness.net/2008/01/14/the-green-eyed-monster/comment-page-1/#comment-4769 AG Wed, 27 Feb 2008 16:57:31 +0000 http://www.weekendkindness.net/2008/01/14/the-green-eyed-monster/#comment-4769 The only needs to make your children aware of aren't material.  There are still emotional, spiritual, relational, and psychological needs your kids have fulfilled that others don't. <em>AG's last blog post..<a href='http://talmidah-b-yeshua.blogspot.com/2008/02/truth-about-porn.html'>The Truth About Porn</a></em> The only needs to make your children aware of aren’t material.  There are still emotional, spiritual, relational, and psychological needs your kids have fulfilled that others don’t.

AG’s last blog post..The Truth About Porn

]]> By: MInTheGap http://www.weekendkindness.net/2008/01/14/the-green-eyed-monster/comment-page-1/#comment-4764 MInTheGap Wed, 27 Feb 2008 15:43:54 +0000 http://www.weekendkindness.net/2008/01/14/the-green-eyed-monster/#comment-4764 We hope to do this kind of thing with some missionaries we are supporting, AG. They actually have kids our children's age, though they will be missionaries to England so that isn't exactly a place with as many needs as some other countries. We hope to do this kind of thing with some missionaries we are supporting, AG. They actually have kids our children’s age, though they will be missionaries to England so that isn’t exactly a place with as many needs as some other countries.

]]> By: AG http://www.weekendkindness.net/2008/01/14/the-green-eyed-monster/comment-page-1/#comment-4751 AG Tue, 26 Feb 2008 17:49:31 +0000 http://www.weekendkindness.net/2008/01/14/the-green-eyed-monster/#comment-4751 Mary, that's awesome.  So many kids are discontent.  I highly recommend sponsoring a child from another country and having your kids write them letters and read their letters - this develops a higher apprecaition for the underserved. <em>AG's last blog post..<a href='http://talmidah-b-yeshua.blogspot.com/2008/02/mercy-seat.html'>The Mercy Seat</a></em> Mary, that’s awesome.  So many kids are discontent.  I highly recommend sponsoring a child from another country and having your kids write them letters and read their letters – this develops a higher apprecaition for the underserved.

AG’s last blog post..The Mercy Seat

]]> By: Mary http://www.weekendkindness.net/2008/01/14/the-green-eyed-monster/comment-page-1/#comment-4403 Mary Mon, 14 Jan 2008 22:16:15 +0000 http://www.weekendkindness.net/2008/01/14/the-green-eyed-monster/#comment-4403 Poverty is the BEST teacher of this lesson...and if parents with plenty are smart, they will practice "saying no" just as you pointed out, MIn. Contentment is one of my favorite subjects to contemplate. What makes some people more content than others? It's an interesting topic. I've really been noticing it in my kids lately. Last night I stopped at a convenience store for gas on the way home from Awanas. My oldest had finished her 3rd Truth and Training book in 1.5 years, a big accomplishment, even for someone who loves to memorize. She'd asked if we could celebrate by getting drinks at the convenience store, something we never ever do...well, except for once last year when we got ice cream bars there for a similar celebration. Well, I didn't promise her anything, but when I went in to pay for the gas, I grabbed 4 squeeze bottles of drinks, two of tropical fruit punch and two of raspberry blues and also a pack of Skittles gum. I passed everything out to the kids when I got back to the car. The 7 yo that we take each week to Awanas made sure she had the first choice out of the drinks, then my 10 year old made her request, then my 3 yo. My 7 year old sat back and waited, and happily took what was left. She kind of raised her brows in relief when 3 yo picked the one she did, glad to get "raspberry" instead of "tropical punch"...  My 3 kiddos thanked me and thanked me, and just had a rollicking happy time of it. No thanks from the girl we took, which didn't bother me, I didn't even realize it till later. And when we got home, my 7 yo told me, "Mom, you didn't have to get me a drink, I already had my squeeze bottle of water from home." That just struck me as amazing. Especially because my kids are no different from any others. They prefer juice over water, etc. And my 7 yo is usually my biggest challenge in terms of teaching her anything, and making her focus for any length of time. It was just a blessing to have her evidence contentment in this way. Being willing to go last and take whatever she got.I wish I was more that way! Poverty is the BEST teacher of this lesson…and if parents with plenty are smart, they will practice “saying no” just as you pointed out, MIn. Contentment is one of my favorite subjects to contemplate. What makes some people more content than others? It’s an interesting topic. I’ve really been noticing it in my kids lately. Last night I stopped at a convenience store for gas on the way home from Awanas. My oldest had finished her 3rd Truth and Training book in 1.5 years, a big accomplishment, even for someone who loves to memorize. She’d asked if we could celebrate by getting drinks at the convenience store, something we never ever do…well, except for once last year when we got ice cream bars there for a similar celebration. Well, I didn’t promise her anything, but when I went in to pay for the gas, I grabbed 4 squeeze bottles of drinks, two of tropical fruit punch and two of raspberry blues and also a pack of Skittles gum. I passed everything out to the kids when I got back to the car. The 7 yo that we take each week to Awanas made sure she had the first choice out of the drinks, then my 10 year old made her request, then my 3 yo. My 7 year old sat back and waited, and happily took what was left. She kind of raised her brows in relief when 3 yo picked the one she did, glad to get “raspberry” instead of “tropical punch”…  My 3 kiddos thanked me and thanked me, and just had a rollicking happy time of it. No thanks from the girl we took, which didn’t bother me, I didn’t even realize it till later. And when we got home, my 7 yo told me, “Mom, you didn’t have to get me a drink, I already had my squeeze bottle of water from home.” That just struck me as amazing. Especially because my kids are no different from any others. They prefer juice over water, etc. And my 7 yo is usually my biggest challenge in terms of teaching her anything, and making her focus for any length of time. It was just a blessing to have her evidence contentment in this way. Being willing to go last and take whatever she got.I wish I was more that way!

]]> By: AG http://www.weekendkindness.net/2008/01/14/the-green-eyed-monster/comment-page-1/#comment-4402 AG Mon, 14 Jan 2008 20:18:25 +0000 http://www.weekendkindness.net/2008/01/14/the-green-eyed-monster/#comment-4402 I am so darned guilty of this!!!  On my lunch break, not an hour ago, I drove past Taco Bell.  I'd had a hankering for nachos, so I decided on the way back from the post office, I'd eat at Taco Bell.  Then, I drove past Good Times.  Holy cow, now I wanted Good Times!  It always trumps Taco Bell. On the way back from the post office, I couldn't find Good Times and was disappointed that I had to order from Taco Bell.  I get back to the office where I read this post and have to take a double-take. I have a secure job in a warm office with great coworkers and a computer.  I have a car that runs and is safe and I have a long enough lunch hour to run errands.  I have a choice of what to eat for lunch, the means to pay for it, and the freedom to whine about it.   Suddenly my Taco Bell tastes great! I am so darned guilty of this!!!  On my lunch break, not an hour ago, I drove past Taco Bell.  I’d had a hankering for nachos, so I decided on the way back from the post office, I’d eat at Taco Bell.  Then, I drove past Good Times.  Holy cow, now I wanted Good Times!  It always trumps Taco Bell.
On the way back from the post office, I couldn’t find Good Times and was disappointed that I had to order from Taco Bell.  I get back to the office where I read this post and have to take a double-take.
I have a secure job in a warm office with great coworkers and a computer.  I have a car that runs and is safe and I have a long enough lunch hour to run errands.  I have a choice of what to eat for lunch, the means to pay for it, and the freedom to whine about it.
 
Suddenly my Taco Bell tastes great!

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