Yup. Toys in exchange for peace and quiet. Snacks in exchange for peace and quiet. Permission to watch a movie or visit a friend in exchange for peace and quiet.

They aren't old enough for money...yet.


Would you ever take a stand on a stupid issue just because you refuse to back down and eat crow?

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Though I am different from you,
We were born involved in one another.

For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul.

Complete surrender should not just come at moments in which one faces overwhelming odds, but in the calm when it seems one is personally in complete control of one's life.