What were you raised on?

beatings and neglect

 

- love
- vegetarian food
- books TV
- music
- fun and loads of jokes

 

Peace:
"You can’t have a War, when the need for all weapons are removed"
Love
"And in the end, the Love you take is equal to the Love you make"
Tolerance
"Let me not judge someone ‘till I have walked a mile in their Moccasins"
Honour
"Be True to the virtues of Justice and Freedom"
Integrity
"Be Honest, be Fair and protect those people and places not in a position to help themselves


< Peace + Love ~ Save the Planet > +

 

Now that's what Im talking about

 

I have yet to be raised.

 

Manners
Old Skool R&B and Blues
Education
Airplanes
Humility
Respect everyone until they lose it some how.

 

Meat and potatoes. I grew up in the midwest.........




~namaste~

 

~The Doors
~Empathy
~resourcefulness
~independence
~LOVE of plants


...I have such a cool mom.

 

also:

your family is a rock you can land on any time
sometimes you just have to shut your stupid mouth
but if you can't shut your stupid mouth, own up to it
no one gives a shit about your birthday
bake your own fucking cake and tell everyone when your birthday is so that people can say "happy fucking birthday."

 

Does that even count ?
Its a normal thing.
I suppose...

 

I never got beat. That's why I'm spooooooooiled.

 

Exactly.
I'd beat you.
For saying bad things about the Portuguese.

 

Well. I'm a grown man now. The time for that is gone out the window. Sorry.

 

Thats true. ah well...You're gonna stay spolied, so what ? It could be worse.


Now I'm trying to remember if my dad ever hit me. Mom definitely did. But I dont think my dad did. I would hate him if he ever did it.

 

I wouldn't hit a hypothetical child of my own either.

Little spankings when strictly necessary.

 

I wouldnt hit my hypothetical child either. It doesnt lead anywhere, no matter what my mother says.

 

Exactly. It just reinforces patterns.

BUT, I don't face the challenges that parents face. At least not yet, so I don't want to sound like a know-it-all.

 

two parents who never aggreed with each other on anything, other then to stay togather for the rest of their lives, to spite both of their families who were prejudiced against each other.

also a lot of going for long walks in the woods by myself, when i couldn't stand either of their lunacy.

and the railroad. i was a railway child. by that i mean, when i was little he had no seniority, so they sent him all over the devision, mostly little towns way out in the boonies, who'se only link to 'civilization' WAS the railroad.

and i loved it. the little towns, and the wilderness surrounding them that is. and the trains. and the whole atmosphere of living and growing up arround railroading, mostly (to me long after) after steam, but before amtrak. when the diesels (and the passinger cars) had lots of bright pretty colors.

=^^=
.../\...

 

stories
foreign languages
lots of walks to the park, playing in nature
bathing at the shower of park fountains
toys
games
education - and valuing it
enjoying to read books
a healthy diet I have gone away from
not fearing dogs (my own instincts)
loving animals (own instincts here too)
appreciating classical music

 

Kellogg's Cornflakes and The A-Team.