Tuesday, August 26, 2008

It wasn't me!

I was putting the kids to bed the other night and I said, "Oh, boy, it's a mess in here!"

Orlando popped up from the blanket burrow he had made, "It wasn't me!"

"Or," he reconsidered, "Maybe it was me. But I didn't mean it!"

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I've got a new post up at Seattle Mom Blogs!

This time I do some more talking about not talking. Find out how it goes when I try to incorporate the Buddhist practice of noble silence into life with my two kids at home.

Click to it here!

3 comments:

  1. AnonymousAug 26, 2008, 10:38:00 AM

    In Zen we call this, "silence like thunder." It cuts through everything, stopping all other noise.

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  2. MelissaAug 27, 2008, 7:23:00 AM

    Silence? I do not know this word of which you speak. I must go and ponder it's significance.

    And does that "I didn't mean it" excuse work in other places? Like speeding tickets and stuff? 'Cause that'd be cool.

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  3. SummerAug 27, 2008, 9:07:00 PM

    How cute!

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