Christmas List Nag... so ask.

Some times it's hard to deal with child wanting this and that for Christmas or their birthday (9 months in advanced.)

1.) I say go ahead and have them write down EVERYTHING they want- obviously they won't get some of the stuff right off the bat.

2.) Then force the child to take 2 or 5 things off the list.

3.) THEN in a few days, ask them what they put on their list. Garuntee they will not remember half of it.

5 to 1

Every bad thing you do needs to be balanced with five good things. It's true. Hate, bad, and evil carry such heavy loads it only makes sense that you need to dig out of the hate hole with doing more and more good. But I think the trick is, not to do the good for yourself or tell anyone you did the good. Cause than that runs into: Look at me look at me i did this good thing and now every should see and know! But that makes you look like a balloon head ready to explode. And people equate that to bad. So now you have to do 5 more good things. And the cycle never ends.

I admit, when I have done good in the past I would tell someone and then I just looked like a pompus fool. It is so hard not to tell and it's okay if it makes you feel good. But the goodness needs to stay in your heart and not your head. And then you have so much goodness in you (and you haven't told anyone) and so it forces you to do more good because you feel good. And that is a good circle to be in.