tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546783121640385268.post4189125048827306720..comments2024-03-23T18:50:06.402+11:00Comments on journey & destination: Sacredness of PersonalityCarolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06820925595506920754noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546783121640385268.post-50756548660985971382013-03-10T00:07:50.844+11:002013-03-10T00:07:50.844+11:00"I've been a mother for 24 years and this..."I've been a mother for 24 years and this idea didn't really sink into me until I saw our older children develop and become 'their own person' and make their own decisions" resonated with me. I have been a mother for almost 24 years and the hardest part is watching them make their own decisions!walkinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05046468024103932112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546783121640385268.post-9462622584183423582013-03-07T08:34:25.548+11:002013-03-07T08:34:25.548+11:00Yes, Nadene, and I have to keep telling myself tha...Yes, Nadene, and I have to keep telling myself that He loves them even more than I do! Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06820925595506920754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546783121640385268.post-48753336528298525802013-03-06T23:39:02.669+11:002013-03-06T23:39:02.669+11:00I am encouraged by your post and your thoughts. I...I am encouraged by your post and your thoughts. It is a gift to parent from the heart and not try mold each child into something we believe they "ought to be". Even so, I still wobble and quake when a child makes choices that seem "wrong". It takes real faith to press on, to trust when things constantly change and have hope in the Lord to author and perfect each one's faith. Blessings.Nadenehttp://practicalpages.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546783121640385268.post-51818963673832496062013-03-05T12:41:58.158+11:002013-03-05T12:41:58.158+11:00Silvia, so true about the cultural push in all of ...Silvia, so true about the cultural push in all of this. Even though in my heart I sort of understood that being introverted didn't mean a flat, insipid sort of personality, the outside pressure, especially because I was homeschooling was very difficult (eg if they went to school they wouldn't be introverted etc) and but for the grace of God I could have violated my child's personality. I had to internally resist the urge to push my child into something they were not. The problem is a sensitive child can react to this by withdrawing and adding shyness to the mix - if that makes sense. <br /><br />"seeing children as persons is something I intellectually understood, but that I was not necessarily living by." - great insight there, Silvia.Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06820925595506920754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546783121640385268.post-85243546398299512572013-03-05T01:07:09.931+11:002013-03-05T01:07:09.931+11:00I read her book, Quiet, and I also got some good k...I read her book, Quiet, and I also got some good knowledge about introversion which is not just being shy. It helped me for, as she says, if we are not introvert ourselves, chances are our spouse, children, friends, or their children, are. <br /><br />Like you, I do not agree with her worldview either, but I also saw her book Quiet and claims as a plea to respect personalities. And to be careful not to accept blindly the cultural understanding of personality, and its current idolatry of the extrovert as the ideal.<br /><br />I thought lots about homeschooling moms, and parents in general, how some wish for extrovert children because that is what they are, and what they and society values, or even introverts who have not seen their potential, may wish a different life for their children... at the end of the day, it dong on me that seeing children as persons is something I intellectually understood, but that I was not necessarily living by. Silviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17249978624747684879noreply@blogger.com