About to embark on another summer semester. In essence that means my vacation is over until the 20th of July. No matter, I don’t seem to do well with free time on my hands anyhow. I don’t use the time for anything professionally constructive. No, I just sit around, eat chips, and play Minecraft. Having purpose is a big deal. While I don’t necessarily enjoy the non-stop responsibility, I realize that having it keeps me out of trouble.
I think as a parent I need to be thinking the same way. Those three Bengal cats I refer to as my children (or spawn) need structure and purpose less they result to random acts of violence and property destruction–my property of course. When I look around at the calmest people I know it is usually the ones who are working towards some high order goal. It may be the pursuit of a medal in the Spartan Race series, or the private quest for a satisfying body, or a husband, or a wife. It is the purpose that cements these few and puts them on the path to patient understanding.
I need to find that path quickly. Nobody wants to see me in jail for abandoning a screaming kid on the side of the road.