What Christmas is all about.

Christmas Eve, 1914. After months of intense fighting that left hundreds of thousands dead, the guns fall silent. English and German troops leave their trenches in an impromptu show of good will that would go down in history.

As the German soldiers began to sing carols, their British counterparts joined in from their trenches. Gradually, the men left their posts for No-man's-land, waving their arms to signify their peaceful intent.

Merry Christmas

“A garden returns 50x the investment you put into it. Not just food, but joy, peace and a real connection with creation. A spiritual retreat from a noisy world and hurried people. Grow a garden.”

𝓗𝓪𝓹𝓹𝔂 𝓝𝓮𝔀 𝓨𝓮𝓪𝓻

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It's easy to get distracted and veer off course when things aren't going right.  Having children that are always watching and learning from you, -even when you don't think they're paying attention-, should always bring you back to what's important.

About 3 children ago I started reading the stoics.  I'm convinced that to be a good Father, Husband, and leader, applying that way of thinking is required.  We should be virtuous, indifferent to external forces, live according to nature, rational, exercise self control, contribute to the good of our family, neighbors, and friends, and be strong mentally and physically.

At the end of the day we're not just raising children, we're raising philosophers and conquerors that will one day blaze a path across the world.

“This is what you should teach me, how to be like Odysseus—how to love my country, wife and father, and how, even after suffering shipwreck, I might keep sailing on course to those honorable ends.”

– Seneca the Younger-