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<\/p>\nI\u2019m kind of having fun with my ornery approach to so many cliches. Today I\u2019m taking aim at \u201cEverything in Moderation\u201d. Don\u2019t be moderate in everything. There are too many things that need vastly more than moderation. Hugging your kids for example. There are never too many hugs. Even my older kids like getting hugged. Sure, they don\u2019t want to be hugged all the time…but they\u2019re still young. They\u2019ll learn that you need to give a hug (and get a hug) every opportunity you can.
Laughter is another example. You can never laugh too much. We\u2019re so serious all the time. Life is a ridiculous adventure that deserves to be laughed at. If we don\u2019t laugh, we\u2019ll end up crying. Go for the laugh lines…they look better and are more fun producing. When you do things in moderation, you\u2019re exhibiting self-control. That\u2019s often a good thing. It\u2019s important to know when too much is too much. But it\u2019s also important to let go and just live. I mean the great big steaming bowl of life that needs to be consumed until you can\u2019t contain another drop. How many times have you done that lately? Have you really experienced life outside the moderation zone? I know that I\u2019m guilty of too much moderation in that regard. I need to just relax and let life happen. I need to enjoy the ride while soaking up all the opportunities that life has to offer. Not a moderate portion of life, but a huge helping. Too much of the time I\u2019m worried about what other people will think. I\u2019m scheduled to the hilt. I\u2019m so busy getting from one event to the next that I don\u2019t get to enjoy myself. Far too often I\u2019m too moderate. I need to color outside the lines. I need to quit being so stuffy, so uptight. I need to let loose and laugh. I mean really belly laugh…the kind where you\u2019re crying and gasping for air at the same time. I need to hug my kids, the kind of hug that you just melt into. So this week I\u2019m going to start throwing the moderation out the window in some cases. Not everything…I\u2019m still going to strive for enough sleep, a reasonably healthy plate at meals, and some exercise…but I\u2019m going to let go in some other areas, especially around the kids. How about you, what moderation can you give up for the next week?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I\u2019m kind of having fun with my ornery approach to so many cliches. Today I\u2019m taking aim at \u201cEverything in Moderation\u201d. Don\u2019t be moderate in everything. There are too many things that need vastly more than moderation. Hugging your kids for example. There are never too many hugs. Even my older kids like getting hugged. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5],"tags":[12,21,22],"class_list":["post-312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-musings","tag-anti-cliche","tag-contrarian","tag-creativity"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\n