Day 34: House Rules
As a parent, I am appalled by the many rules I enforce, yet fail to live by.
(Don’t tell my kids… Oh, who am I kidding, they totally know.)
Simple things like:
share.
(no one will ever find my secret chocolate stash)
practice your instrument.
(I barely eek out 10 minutes in a day…)
do your homework.
(how many of my goals lie dormant for lack of research and time management?)
be nice.
(my second language is “BARK”)
Out of curiosity, I asked my daughter: if SHE could make up the house rules, what would they be?
Her response was concise and noteworthy.
I’m adopting it as my own personal “life rule:”
…out of the mouths of babes.