DESCRIBE YOUR APPROACH TO LIVING? CHANGING YOUR LIFE WITH WORDS - DAY 55

In the course of my life I have been fortunate to meet many, many people of all shapes and sizes and colors and from all walks of life.  As I got to know them better I realized that some of them approached their lives almost timidly or fearfully.  They were very nice people and good at their jobs but seemed to never venture outside of their personal boundaries.  There were others who were also nice people and good at their jobs but they seemed to know no boundaries in terms of how they lived their lives.  Of the two types of people, the second were the more successful because they were aggressive, very willing to take risks and to try new things.  They had little interest in the status quo.  They did not let things happen; they made things happen.

What would you attempt to do if you ventured outside of your boundaries?  Whether you set the boundaries or others set them for you, what would you be motivated to do?

Today's message is:

LIVE FIERCELY! 

When Parents Are The Bullies

Perhaps you are tired of me getting on my soapbox to complain about the way some children are abused by the people who should be protecting them. I will stop getting on my soapbox when people stop abusing children. Protecting them is not synonomous with a lack of discipline. Children need boundaries and structure, and with them they will not only behave better but will feel more secure and more loved. They do NOT, however, need to be beaten into submission or tortured by cigarette burns or any other inhumane treatment. Today's news carried a story of a stepfather who allegedly beat his 12-year old stepson AND made him eat two screws (perhaps they are the screws that this guy has loose because no intelligent, mature adult would force a child to eat metal screws). Only a sadistic bully does something like that OR a lunatic! We must all get sick to death of these stories so that we can somehow stop the madness and unbelievable treatment some children are forced to endure. How do we expect these children to grow up and know how to behave and not become bullies themselves? Children learn by example, and I am incredibly appalled at the pitiful examples that some parents, step-parents and guardians are setting for children. Do you have any ideas of what we can do for these poor children? Please share your ideas and comments with me. Child Protective Services cannot handle all of the cases they already have, and as we have read and heard many times they have dropped the ball resulting in deaths of children. Surely there is a solution. Please help find it.