Family values . . . now that's a term we've certainly heard a lot about lately.
In the midst of all the rhetoric Cheap Calvin Ridley Jersey , have you ever wondered how values become established and communicated within the family?
Values communicated over time
One of the key ingredients to establishing values within a family is time ... time spent simply being together and experiencing life together.
If this is true, here's an interesting and frightening statistic: The average American family spends only l4l2 minutes together each day. To make matters worse, 12i? of those minutes are spent correcting, disciplining Cheap Julio Jones Jersey , etc. This leaves a bare 2 minutes for communicating values in our families.
Remember, this is only an average. Perhaps you spend more ? or less ? time together.
The point is simply this: Time together is the key ingredient in communicating what is important and what is not.
Rituals and traditions strengthen the family
One of the simplest and most enjoyable ways to communicate what's important is through family traditions or rituals.
A family tradition or ritual is simply something that a family does together, with some kind of regularity, that provides each member with a sense of belonging to the family.
I'm not talking about being in a rut and never changing. A wise person once said that the only difference between a rut and a grave is the dimensions.
When I was growing up Cheap Deion Sanders Jersey , we had a Friday-night ritual. I call it my "Friday-night dinner out and paper towel story."
Every Friday night, my family would have dinner out. I was about 8 or 9 when I heard a friend's parents talking about going out to dinner on a Tuesday night. I remember being surprised to learn that restaurants were open any night besides Friday!
Friday night after Friday night, we would go to the same restaurant. And then we would change restaurants and go to that same restaurant Friday night after Friday night.
I'm not really sure how we decided to change restaurants. The places probably closed down.
After dinner we would take my mom to the grocery store to do the shopping for the week. On the way, we would stop at whatever store that my father had identified as having the best sale on paper towels. Back then they were typically four for a dollar.
Once we got there the following ritual would take place: My dad would give each of us (my mom Cheap Qadree Ollison Jersey , my sister and me) a dollar. We would each go get four paper-towel rolls and head to separate registers (so they wouldn't know we were together). Then we would meet back at the car with our 16 paper-towel rolls.
This is an example of a family ritual that became a rut.
What I am about to tell you will take a very open mind to comprehend. So please, open your mind.
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If we choose to ignore the natural laws, we cannot escape the consequences of our actions. You cannot alter the laws of the universe. What has been sown must be harvested. If you have used selfishness, you must accept the results. Pride, jealousy Cheap Kendall Sheffield Jersey , envy, greed, malice, distrust and suspicion all these things Cheap Kaleb McGary Jersey , when they fructify will cause distress and decay.
Most of our troubles are bought about by exercising our own free will. Therefore, you might ask, is "free will" limited in the sense that there are definite tendencies of events in relation to individuals. We all have tendencies and vibrations that we do not let go. Everyone is surrounded by radiations and influences, many of which can affect your destiny. When your "free will" is used correctly Cheap Chris Lindstrom Jersey , it allows you to conquer all that stands in your way of the fullest expression of that part of the universe that is within you. Because you are part of the universe and a part of the universe is within you.
A seed of the universe is planted within every human soul, like a seed is planted in the earth. If you give a seed what it needs to grow, the seed will first shoot up through the earth and will eventually bloom and bursts into full flower.
The universe has planted the seed within us all and you are the gardener. It depends upon your efforts when or indeed whether the fullness of the flower is able to express itself. There is always your free will. If you keep the seed in the darkness and do not give it the light, the universe cannot be expressed through you.
If you can understand the Laws of the Universe you can understand yourself.
The Law of Abundance:
Look around you and you will see that everything comes in abundance. Animals Wholesale Atlanta Falcons Jerseys , trees, plants, colours, money and people are all in abundance. Abundance is all around you. But if you wish you can limit your mind. You can concentrate on what you have not got Wholesale Falcons Jerseys , rather then concentrating on what you have. Create an image of abundance around you and you will draw that energy to you.
The Law of Adaption:
This is the law of least resistance. It represents change and modification. For you to operate within this law you must accept change and adapt to this change with the least resistance possible. The world will always change. Today's new ideas are tomorrow's old ones
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