You Must Be the Change You Wish to See In Your Home
It's my own adaptation of the quote by Gandhi about about embodying in yourself what you want to change in the world. But it seems to me, I can take this down to the very low level of what I want to see at home. I am forever arguing, cajoling, threatening my kids to clean their rooms and to keep them clean. As I was laboring to remove months (years?) worth of dust and clutter from my own room, it struck me that if I could only set the example for my kids, maybe they'd see in my room, what I want to see in theirs. Not a novel idea, I admit, but by applying the words, in the form of a favorite quote, motto or mantra, perhaps I can actual get what I'm looking for. Worst case, I have a clean room for a week and everything else remains the same; best case, I get what I want from the kids without having to argue, threaten or cajole. We'll see...