Doing Things With Thought

Hello Home Dwellers,

I hope you have yourself prepared, your list written and your serious cup of tea ready while I tell you some of my thoughts of home life.

In this broadcast I talked about the following:

-Sewing Ideas

-Doing things a little more thoughtfully and slowly, and noticing the effect it has on you.  In institutions, people are taught to do the work, but little personal spiritual thought is put into it. If you are new to homemaking, it will seem like it is just a lot of work, but if you do things thoughtfully, you bring out the meaning and purpose of it all.

-It was a poor reflection on the family and the homemaker when a home was neglected. It was supposed that a neglected house and home and family would result in poor health, unsettled minds and unhappiness.  

-When the world "settles down", remember the pleasant things you did at home that gave you a sense of well-being. Remember the habits you formed: the walks before breakfast, fresh food and meal preparation, writing letters to a loved one, singing, dressing well, and watching the dappled sun on the floor.

-While waiting for an opportunity to get into a different location that might be more adequate for your family, treat your current situation as though you were already there, so that good habits will be picked up easily in the next place.

 

-Be particular about the demands on your time that require you to be away from home.

I read from the weather book about how atmospheric weather conditions affect the mood.

I read about being careful to retreat for quiet time.

-Be gentle with the ones you know who speak error or live carelessly. They often are so caught up in an influence that they hardly know what they are doing.  

In my previous broadcast I talked about the "escapism" label sometimes leveled at people who choose to be home full time,  like to write stories or read old books, use a nice tea cup or attend a historical things.  Here are the witty quotes from old books that might be amusing to speak when you can fit them to the particular reproach,  from the book "Wives and Daughters" written in 1864.

"There, there. You can make everything right in the morning."

"I went into the surgery and I looked it up. I don't think I did anything wrong by doing that."

"How shall you bear it?"

"It's rather like tooth-drawing I suppose. The pain goes away eventually."

"I never managed it, but you might."

From Pride and Prejudice when Lizzie was asked about the family's terrible sorrow over her sister's unadvisable decision: "We are enduring it as best we can."

Please enjoy your home while you listen today: