Humanist Thought of the Week

Birthdays!

It’s my hubby’s birthday today.

We were born on the same day in different months so it’s easy to remember.

Anyway, he’s one year older – and so am I and so is our son.

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Never Parent While Tired

I’m a pretty good parent.

Not perfect, but not horrid either.

But we had an “incident” the other day that occurred because I was too tired to respond optimally.

This yelling and screaming fight to get a scared child to take medicine reminded me, I’m human too.

I get tired and frustrated too.

And when I do, it’s ok to pass the child off to someone else for a bit who isn’t tired, exhausted and cranky.

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Other People Matter Too

Don’t be so self-absorbed.

The world doesn’t revolve around you and other people matter too.

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Being Pragmatic

Humanism is a pragmatic philosophy.

Our goal is to live life successfully and ethically.

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What makes us happy?

As it turns out, don’t worry, be happy is not very good advice.

The big secret to being happy is not to seek happiness.

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