Sunday October 19, 2025
Today I am thankful for my upbringing. My thoughts turn this way because it's close to Yahrzeit for my dad. He shaped a lot of my thinking and attitudes.
I am thankful for instructions. Wherever I can find them: on paper, on line, or stuck to the appliances they teach one about.
Recent example: my automatic sprinkler controls. The electrician that was here on Thursday tripped the power off, which reset all the clocks in the house, including the one that drives the sprinklers.
It took me three days before I figured out everything that was going on with those sprinklers. I got it all sorted in the end. I am glad that these instructions are on the door of the control box, and they are written in words, not those international symbols that so confuse me!
I am thankful for helps that enable me to figure stuff out on my own! I
Our upbringing was certainly different from today and I am grateful for that too. I love to be able to figure stuff out too. Have a wonderful Sunday.
ReplyDeleteSeems to me every generation's version of an upbringing is slightly different. Technology changes all sorts of things, from how we obtain our food to how we build our shelter, how we learn, etc. But basic human relations, how to get along compromise and make peace with those around us still boils down to being kind. And however we learn being kind it's what we want to pass on to generations to come.
DeleteMy dad shaped me as well, perhaps more when my mom had gone we shared so much time together. Hmmm.
ReplyDeleteI've got pieces of paper to describe resetting of things. Perhaps I should spend time and neaten them up!