#4 Daughter, the amazing Sara Marian, recently had a birthday, so of course my mind turned to memories of her growing up.
A natural-born jailhouse lawyer, she would challenge me if she wanted to play and I was working, saying, “I thought you said I was the most important thing in the world to you?”
Thus do our words come back to haunt us.
But I thought it out and found my position and it was one not even she could dispute:
You’re always important; you’re just not always urgent.
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A WRITING PROMPT FROM ME TO YOU: Try to explain a subtlety to a child.
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Ally Bean
April 22, 2020 at 8:38amGreat line. Useful in so many situations. 😉
Anklebuster
April 22, 2020 at 12:05pmParents 1, Kids 0
LOL
John Holton
April 22, 2020 at 4:28pmI like that…
RAAckerman@Cerebrations.biz
April 22, 2020 at 8:06pmI like that one a lot!
joey
April 22, 2020 at 8:08pmYes. Do you remember Covey? I can’t tell you how many times I wanted to make a square of squares and show my family, my bosses, my friends…
PULLLLLLLED! lol
Marian Allen
April 23, 2020 at 8:48amI do not remember Covey. I have no idea what you just said, but you are still crackin’ me up. 😀
joey
April 24, 2020 at 9:03pmOh wow! Thank you! Okay, so Stephen Covey, the planner guy — Google covey priority matrix for helpful direction in prioritizing your whole life. It was all the rage here when I was just out of college.
Marian Allen
April 25, 2020 at 7:39amOhhh, the Seven Habits of Highly Effective People guy! I finally read that, a few years ago. I knew a guy who was always quoting it as the secret to his business success, and then he would tell an anecdote that completely contradicted what he had quoted and blame the other guys for the failure of excellent advice. Sounds like an asshole, but he was actually one of my favorite people. Funny, funny guy.