Batch Batchelder

the best preservative to keep the mind in health, is the faithful admonition of a friend. The calling of a man’s self to a strict account is a medicine sometimes too piercing and corrosive; reading good books of morality is a little flat and dead; observing our faults in others is sometimes improper for our case; but the best receipt (best, I say,... See more

R E S P O N S I V E N E S S They can respond to what’s actually happening in the moment and then adjust accordingly based on what happens in the very next moment. They are good at the ‘dance’ of relationships and ‘serve and return.’

E M O T I O N R E G U L A T I O N While certainly no human is emotionally regulated all the time, adults with secure attachment have a pretty wide capacity for staying regulated in the face of their child’s dysregulation. This is super important because if a crying baby (dysregulated) always created significant dysregulation in their caregiver, the... See more

Exodus Dust

God spoke creation into existence, then from Dust, with his hands (not his voice), God made us - animated earth…

To Dust we will return. We are limited.

The Serpent is cursed to eat Dust.

Dust became a plague of gnats.

Ash (the Dust of forced labor) became a plague of boils.

Moses and Aaron wielded the serpent (onto the ground/Dust) - God

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“The more you create, the more powerful you become.

The more you consume, the more powerful others become.”

Consistency compounds while occasional brilliance fades.

You don’t need more time. You need more focus.

Time isn’t the constraint. Your choices are.

Great outcomes aren’t built on great days, but on consistent ones.

You can’t just count the days when it’s easy. Each day moves you closer to the goal. No day is a hero; no day is a villain.

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Dopamine & Jesus - Luke Bower - excerpts

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I'm doing great, I'm feeling fine

Oh, it is well inside my soul

Unless you really wanna know

I'm scared of being someone no one really cares about

'Cause sometimes even I just find me hard to be around

I'll be high, and then I'm low

I'm on fire, and then I'm freezing

I'll take the meds, I'll go to church

I'll keep

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Babies with insecure anxious attachment try to meet their caregiver’s needs so their caregiver can be regulated enough to then be present and meet the baby’s needs. If a baby can’t receive the external regulation they need, they are going to adjust themselves so that at least their caregiver can be present- this let’s the baby be seen!!!

Work becomes great when curiosity drives it beyond obligation.