Batch Batchelder

constant forward momentum was often a distraction from what truly mattered.

Truth trumps narrative. You can temporarily rally people around what sounds good, but reality eventually imposes its verdict.

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.

Where there is hatred, let me sow love;

Where there is injury, pardon;

Where there is doubt, faith;

Where there is despair, hope;

Where there is darkness, light;

Where there is sadness, joy.

O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek

To be consoled as to console;

To be understood as to understand;

To be love... See more

X - R A Y V I S I O N G O G G L E S A more refined researcher than myself would call this reflective functioning. They can see past behavior and stay curious about what’s going on inside their child that is leading to that behavior. They also have the ability to recognize that their own unique history and experiences impacts how they see their chil... See more

"You are what you do, not what you say you’ll do." - Carl Jung

8 At the same time, it is a new commandment that I am writing to you, which is true in him and in you, because the darkness is passing away and the true light is already shining.

9 Whoever says he is in the light and hates his brother is still in darkness.

10 Whoever loves his brother abides in the light, and in him there is no cause for stumbling.

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PRAYER

May none of God’s wonderful works keep silence,

night or morning. Bright stars, high mountains,

the depths of the seas, sources of rushing rivers:

may all of these break into song as we sing to

Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. May all the angels in

the heavens reply: Amen! Amen! Amen! Power,

praise, honor, and eternal glory be to God, the

only Giver of... See more

Freedom isn’t a clever plan to be let off the hook. It’s a deliberate path to being on the hook.