{"id":656,"date":"2009-11-03T20:50:33","date_gmt":"2009-11-04T00:50:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/?p=656"},"modified":"2009-11-03T20:50:33","modified_gmt":"2009-11-04T00:50:33","slug":"if-a-thing-is-worth-doing-then-its-worth-doing-well","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/?p=656","title":{"rendered":"If a thing is worth doing, then it’s worth doing well."},"content":{"rendered":"

So many lessons can be learned from children.  <\/p>\n

They are born learners and mimics.<\/p>\n

Whenever my life gets confused and out of focus, I spend time with children and pay close attention.  They repeat everything over and over until they remember what they have said.  ( I try to do the same thing with new words or people’s names so that I can remember them.)<\/p>\n

Children are also task oriented.  They will do repetitious  movements until they become automatic.  And they spend lots of time working with things hands-on.<\/p>\n

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Ally and Aiden and I went to Mansfield for a visit with Elizabeth today.<\/p>\n

We had a great time talking and playing with Thomas the Train and enjoyed lunch.  <\/p>\n

But when it was time to go, Aiden noticed Elizabeth’s sweater.<\/p>\n

It has BIG buttons on it.<\/p>\n

BIG BUTTONS!<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

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And many of them were unbuttoned!<\/p>\n

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So, Aiden decided to help her with them.<\/p>\n

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He buttoned,<\/p>\n

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and buttoned,<\/p>\n

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AND Buttoned some more.<\/p>\n

( He was getting very heavy and <\/p>\n

Allyson  couldn’t hold him anymore.)<\/p>\n

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But that was all right with him,<\/p>\n

Because he was real busy-<\/p>\n

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buttoning.<\/p>\n

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And we weren’t going anywhere until Aiden finished his task.<\/p>\n

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Buttoning Elizabeth up tight in that sweater!<\/p>\n

I go through my days giving things a lick and a promise.  Not quite finishing up any of my chores, or rushing through them in a haphazard way- wandering from this task to the next.  And watching Aiden work so diligently at those buttons made me aware of my lack of diligence.  <\/p>\n

And made me think of the jobs I need to do well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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