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Oregano Essential Oil
Hippocrates, the father of medicine, used oregano as a cleansing agent as well as for digestive and respiratory support. High in antioxidant activity, oregano contains phenolic acids and flavonoids.
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Lavender Essential Oil
Lavender is one of doTERRA’s best selling essential oils. Watch this video to learn more about this powerful essential oil.
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Critical Thinking Skills for Children
I recently read an article about kids whom the judge said were “brainwashed” by a parent in a custody case. Emotional connections to family are good. It occurred to me that with all of us (kids or adults), our ability to be open to truth or reality can be very clouded by emotions at times. There are things that you can do with your kids before they get into a situation where they can be manipulated by someone who knows how to take advantage of their emotions.
To start with, empower your kids to be comfortable with thinking:
- Encourage them to ask questions when they do not understand something.
- Ask them questions so that you are clear when they may be confused about something.
- Talk with them about how they make decisions when they are with their friends.
- Question how he/she came to his/her conclusion. Do they believe what they see on TV?
- Help your child see how things fit together logically.
- Be sure to nurture their skill by letting them know they are qualified to examine the details of different situations.
- Invite them to research facts to see if something is true.
- Call them to behavior that is fair and just. Remind them of the Golden Rule: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. This will help them to keep in mind other people’s feelings when coming to their conclusions.
- Help your children stay focused on the topic of discussion so that they can make relevant connections to details.
- Role Model how to think a topic through and not allow emotion to over rule logic.
Critical thinking means making clear, reasoned judgments. It involves evaluating information to reach an answer or conclusion. It is disciplined thinking that is clear, rational, open-minded, and informed by evidence. Just like the skills developed on the basketball court or ball field, these need to be developed. The earlier you can start the better.
- Encourage them to ask questions when they do not understand something.
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Focus On Yourself
No matter how bad things get in the world around us there is always good work to be done on ourselves. Sometimes people can become immersed in trying to fix or save the world and avoid dealing with our own pain or flaws. Correcting every injustice is an impossible task. It’s usually best left to the God of the universe Who knows exactly what is going on and cares about all the injustices that are taking place a lot more than we do. I am not saying to turn a blind eye to oppression and injustice so please do not misunderstand me. I am also not implying that there is no need for personal boundaries. If someone keeps poking you in the eye and ignores your requests to stop, it may be best to take a step away from their reach. I am talking about focusing so much on others in order to avoid what needs to change in ourselves. Sometimes people can get lost in all the things that need to change in the world around us that we forget to listen to the voice of God with regards to what needs to change in our own hearts and character. This is a form of denial.
In Ecclesiastes Chapters 3 and 4, King Solomon said, “Moreover, I notice that throughout the earth justice is giving way to crime, and even the courts are corrupt. I said to myself, “In due season God will judge everything man does, both good and bad.”… Again I saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun. And behold, the tears of the oppressed, and they had no one to comfort them! On the side of their oppressors there was power, and there was no one to comfort them.” Whether or not a person is interested in the Bible, I think everyone would agree that Solomon was a man of great wisdom. He saw the problems in his civilization but even as a king he knew he was powerless to change all the issues of mankind.
Accepting the world as it is, and focusing on what needs to change in ourselves can be very freeing emotionally. When we are able to say with confidence that we are working on the growth that needs to occur in our own lives, it is so much easier to become less entangled with the issues our neighbors may have.
