Mar 17
My Dear Kat,
I feel a need to start pulling together the principles we’ve been discovering through self-observation.
- Make no demands
- Be present
- Speak the truth
- Be consistent (though I don’t know how an inconsistent person is expected to carry this out)
- Do as you would be done by (a reference to The Water Babies)
That’s not very many, and maybe 2 and 3 are the same thing, expressed differently. But maybe we’re not in the business of collecting as many aphorisms as possible; it might be the opposite, of reducing it to a few guidelines and explanations of how they apply in a variety of situations.
For comparison, the couple we saw had three rules:
- Speaking the Truth
- Taking Healthy Responsibility
- Expressing Appreciation
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