Got to Make the Morning Last
Posted By Kathleen David on February 1, 2005
I find that I am at my most creative in the AM. I tend to problem solve better, get more cleaning in a shorter period of time, and write with flow rather than in fits and starts. I have gone from being a night owl to a morning person. Caroline is a morning person. She gets up with the sun and starts her day with a smile without coffee. Peter is a night owl. He works until 4 or 5 in the morning and then sleeps until noon. That way he can write uninterrupted. During the day he deals with other things than he needs to do. Ariel is a morning person because she has to get up for school. She might be a bit groggy when she wakes up at first but by the time she leaves the house she is awake.
There are some mornings that NPR sends my blood pressure up by bringing to my attention something that might have slipped by. Apparently some Catholic parents out in California have forgotten the old phrase
As a fellow Catholic, I must say that I completely understand the feelings of these poor parents. Religion cannot survive without adherence to dogma! Catholics can’t mingle with people who don’t understand that simple fact! That’s why Christ spent all his time hanging out with the Pharisees and Saducees, and turned his nose up at the lepers, prostitutes, and homeless masses for being the ungodly crew they were…
Good one! And that is so the point in many ways that if they proclaim to be disciples of Christ, shouldn’t they try to live to the example of Christ’s teachings at least?
So much for hate the sin, love the sinner. These kids aren’t gay, but they are being punished for their parents? This country is getting less and less tolerant as it gets more and more “religious.” Does anyone read the whole bible anymore, or just the passages that reinforce their own narrow-minded vision?
“The Rev. Gerald M. Horan, superintendent of diocese schools, said that if Catholic beliefs were strictly adhered to, then children whose parents divorced, used birth control or married outside the church would also have to be banned.”
While I won’t disagree with the statement, one wonders, why have the beliefs if you don’t really believe they should be followed? After all, it’s not really a “faith” if you have none in it, is it now?
(From Kathleen: Because there is a difference between faith and belief. People can believe all kinds of things but have very little faith in what they believe. And E. this is the last word on this subject please.)
I’m not really going to disagree with your criticism of the parents on this one Kath, but two things:
a) If you’re having trouble making enrollment, you’re not gonna make your situation any better by chasing off ten sets of parents because of one.
b) the Church has to see that this undermines it’s teachings yet it’s so glib about it. I persoanally don’t think that’s a good thing.
It’s like they say, “It’s called the Ten Commandments, not the Ten Really Good Suggestions”. If you don’t believe it then why are you there?