Behind the Door

Getreadywithmemamma what doorway will you walk through? Let’s begin with a quote from “The Prince” by Machiavelli “He who neglects what is done for what ought to be done, sooner effects his ruin than his preservation.[9]”(Wikipedia, 1). Why, why, why would I Jula Joy, a relatively low scoring person on the machivillian scale ( basically, I’m not evil and I don’t manipulate in my leadership style) choose to quote “The Prince” in one of my early January posts of inspiration for the year? Well, I tend to call it like I see it, and I’ve been a tad bit interested in what happened in Europe during Machiavelli’s time, for him to explore the use of any means necessary to rule over others. Mostly, because I’ve seen a lot of it crop up in businesses, governments, and basically any modern structure of organization. It’s there, it’s always there with humans it’s our shadow that creeps up, even when we are the best intentioned. Actually, Machiavellianism is especially prevalent when we are driven by pure moral rules. By any means necessary becomes the necessary principle if you are a purest of any sense. True peace is messy and involves sacrifice and compromise with no promise of long lasting results. In fact, it’s downright scary for leaders, but it is the only path towards peace and reconciliation. Phew, ok Jula back up, what does this have to do with Mammas getting ready? Well, every day we make choices. We walk through doors, we decide what to do. Some of these decisions have small repercussions and some of them have larger ones. It is the sum of the whole that makes up our influences on our children’s lives and our lives and we are made to believe that this has little influence on the future of the world. I believe that parenthood is one of our highest callings if we are living that path. Meaning, that if you are called to parenthood and definitely it’s truly not for everyone and actually, you can have the largest influence in other spheres without parenthood. Those who aren’t parents, can get stuff done in a beautiful way that the world needs . Those who are parents have a call to change the future in a different way.

Love your children up ❤️ simplify their lives❤️ teach them healthy principles ❤️and mostly, teach them how to lead with compassion and sacrifice ❤️ life is worth living and not by any means necessary ❤️the doors that they walk through today may just determine our tomorrows, but there are few doors opened that cannot be closed, or led back to❤️don’t let things go undone, or love be unhad❤️ the simplest lessons are the best to learn ❤️peace❤️