Snowy days

Today was a wonderful snow day. We hung out, I cleaned, did lots of laundry and played board games. Jack used his cooking class skills and made some pretty decent double chocolate chip cookies. Mostly it was a nice day for thinking. Everyone was so aware that it was a bonus rest day. Snow days are like that. Meeting House rarely calls school off. In fact in the six years I have been there I do not remember ever having a snow day-so this day off was all the more special.

 For many years now I have tried not to "be judgemental". It has plagued me though, because I do judge people,situation and ideas. I do and then I feel like "one of those judgemental people", that I so dislike. While folding laundry today I was once again pondering how I jump to judgements and trying to sort out how not to do that when I had an ah-ha moment. To judge is a human instinct of sorts. We need to judge situations, and to some degree people. A judgement is really just an estimation...something you need to go on, to make the next decision. I then decided it is impossible to think that someday I will not "jump to a judgement" of a person or situation. I realized that what is wrong is not that original judgement but constraining your opinion to that original judgement. Make your judgement and then sit back and observe to see how valid it is, or ponder it a bit more and see how well it holds up. This is probably not really news to most, but it was a thought process I was proud of today. 

 In other news the kids stayed in all day until it was raining and starting to get dark when they decided it was the perfect time to go out and play. They had a blast. There is something to be said about going out when it doesn't make sense.