People around you will respond in kind to your energy—positive or negative, generous or greedy, rowdy or calm, and so on. Realizing this became even more important as a father, seeing the impact my energy, my mood, has on my kids. It’s humbling.
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So true. Especially with the 5 year old
I do find that when he’s bouncing off the walls, if I tell him to call down, he doesn’t, even though I’m calm. So this is true but not in all situations with children.
When I was a kid my old man was a crotchety asshole who regularly said he hated children. Coincidentally, now I’m a crotchety asshole with no children
True 🫡 the nature of the universe
Man, this is gold. So many people need to hear this.