truisms

spiridon · Post by **spiridon** » Fri 19 January 2007 10:17 am

"Must take care of head first"
Sublime(the band)

spiridon · Post by **spiridon** » Fri 19 January 2007 10:19 am

"its not easy being evil, in a world thats gone to hell"
anton szandor LaVey

Ekaterina · Post by **Ekaterina** » Fri 19 January 2007 10:34 am

Spiridon:
Thank you for your contribution, but I have to ask you....how are these statements truisms? ... especially the second one?
Katya

Truisms are things that are inherently true to life, spirituality, to history, to being. Something that when read causes you to say..."Ain't that the truth!"

Ekaterina · Post by **Ekaterina** » Fri 19 January 2007 3:54 pm

A calm collected parent is an utter disappointment to a screamer.
A variation on Abba Dorotheos

Ekaterina · Post by **Ekaterina** » Fri 19 January 2007 3:55 pm

Trust in God when faced by a Tantrum, whether it’s your child’s or your own. I like to cite these verses from memory: “Greater is He that is in you, than he that is in the world” (1 John 4.4) … or “I can do all things through Christ Who strengthens me” (Philippians 4.13) … or “We are more than conquerors through Him Who loves us … Nothing can separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Romans 8.37,39). There is more. Read your Bible.
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Ekaterina · Post by **Ekaterina** » Fri 19 January 2007 3:57 pm

Respond to misbehavior and growing Tantrums when they are still small. It is rare that the Tasmanian Devil appears all at once: he generally starts out whining, tattling, or hiding from chores. The best way not to lecture, yell, or throw an adult Tantrum is to start sooner and discipline more often with smaller consequences. As Abba Dorotheos once said, “Pluck up [a small offense] before it spreads and covers the field.”
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Ekaterina · Post by **Ekaterina** » Fri 19 January 2007 3:59 pm

Do more work in Tantrum prevention than Tantrum response, and you’ll deal with less Tantrums. We are talking here of cutting off provocations and causes which provoke the passion of anger. St. John of Damascus advised that he who repels the provocation “cuts off at once everything that comes after.”
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