Is the glass half empty or full?

de·cant ( P ) Pronunciation Key (d-knt)tr.v. de·cant·ed, de·cant·ing, de·cants
To pour off (wine, for example) without disturbing the sediment.
To pour (a liquid) from one container into another.
[Medieval Latin dcanthre : Latin d-, de- + Latin canthus, rim of a wheel or vessel (of Celtic origin).]

Strange how the above word and it's meaning can be actually used. As a parent we attempt to pour into our children our understanding and learning which life has taught us. We attempt to decant our children without disturbing who they are and their own uniqueness.

The first years of their life is spent with us trying to fill them up both in learning as in school but also in learning what is right and wrong. As they grow older we strive to teach them how to think for themselves....as we try and make them like we are ourselves. Ironic no?

I strive at trying to insure that Thing 1(see earlier posts to know who that is) doesn't try to make them conform to her way of thinking and doing things so much that they can not be themselves. As my oldest is now 15, it is interesting to watch him and Thing 1 butt head with each other. I think he has my stubborness which means in the long run he will win out. Still, it is entertaining to watch Thing 1 try to pour more in when the lid is closed and firmly sealed.

Buzz-Buzz Baby!

dis·trac·tion ( P ) Pronunciation Key (d-strkshn)n.
The act of distracting or the condition of being distracted.
Something, especially an amusement, that distracts.
Extreme mental or emotional disturbance; obsession: loved the puppy to distraction.

There seem to be two types of people on this planet…those who can and those who get distracted. Which are you? S for myself, I am the later of the two. A typical scenario would be starts on task A, item 1…item 2 would go good with task C which can’t be done till task F items 1-4 are completed…..well, you get the picture.

Now for those of you who were the former of the two I am sure by now you have no clue what I am talking about. You go through life following the alphabet as if it made perfect sense to you. A, B, C etc…. All I can say is that you’re missing out on a lot of things by doing it this way. Think of it as going for a drive. Now you could take the direct approach and find the shortest route between point A and B (there’s those damn alphabets again!) but where is the fun in that? Sometimes it is perfectly fine to get off the beaten path as you can be amazed at what you’ll find there. Of course you’ll never know till you’ve tried it.

The down side to distraction, if you’re like me, is that you end up starting countless projects only to get distracted by something else. Please note that I did not say anything about finishing any projects. This, by no means is done intentionally. We have ever intention of returning to the forgotten projects and finishing them. We even allow ourselves moments of distraction thinking about just how we’ll return to them and finish them….yet we never seem to be able to make it back there. That illusive letter A always seems to slip out of our grasps as we’re distracted by K or V or some other equally important letter that drawns our attention as a moth is drawn to a flame.

So, do you go from A, to B to C, completing every task before moving on to the next…in an assembly line mentality or do you float free from flower to flower like a Bumble Bee…always to busy to linger any place overly long? If you’re like me then look me up sometime and we’ll buzz around together like bees…provided we don’t get distracted by C or D.