SOCIETY'S BAD APPLES



THE BAD APPLE

I was in the backyard yesterday, and as I looked at the apple tree loaded with wormy apples and remembering the advice of my nextdoor neighbour to spray the blossoms, this thought came to mind.  "You have to start when they are young", indeed, just like spraying the apple blossoms, you litterally have to start, not from birth, but from pregnancy! 

You start by watching what you eat.  Eating healthy foods is essential to the development of a healthy baby.  So is monitering your thinking and state of mind.  A mother shares her blood and all that is running through her veins with her baby, including her chemical balance or imbalance!  Being a happy mom-to-be will likely significantly affect the baby later.  The main reason my mind was on this topic is because I had just watched +Joel Osteen broadcast on #EXCELLENCE, this is the third time I watched that broadcast and it was just as inspiring as the first time.  I saw the movie +The Butler for the second time last Thursday, what a fine example of #EXCELLENCE under the most unfavourable circumstances that +The Butler lived by!  Apart from the entertainment value there is a lesson in this movie for everyone.

Some parents think that they can raise a child in the anything goes fashion where the child is incharge and then expect them to make a 360degree turn come teen years is mistaken.  Herein lies a great part of society's burden or challenge, depending on how you want to look at it.   Our beliefs and habits are so ingrained that without conscious rigorous effort is is near impossible to change them.  So much so that I have seen very highly educated people default to arcane and outdated thoughts or principles without flinching, it happens so automatically, unconsciously!  The observer will see, and if you bring it to their attention they be get offended, or even cross with you.

The good news is, unlike the bad apple, as +Russell Simmons (@uncleRUSH) often tweets, everyone can change, if they want to.  It takes much more energy and effort to undo bad habits and negative "wiring" than it does to cultivate good ones in the first place.  Is it worth it?  Absolutely!

Think #EXCELLENCE!

MissSam