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TeaLady's CM Homeschool
Jan. 31, 2008
Home-Making: Joy!
From Home-Making by J.R.Miller p 98 in the chapter on The Parents' Part:
"The home-life should also be made bright and full of sunshine. The courtesy of the true home is not stiff and formal but sincere, simple and natural. Children need an atmosphere of gladness. Law should not make its restraints hand like chains upon them. Sternness and coldness should have no place in the home-life or in family government. No child can ever grow up into its richest and best development in a home which is gloomy and unhappy."
From Psalm 100:1-2:
"Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands. Serve the Lord with gladness: come before his presence with singing."
What an encouragement and admonishment to joy and cheer! Certainly, this fits with Miss Mason's ideas on habit - cheerfulness is a habit. Children can be trained to the stake of being cheerful instead of gloominess. What a wonderful thing to have the children skamper down the steps in the morning with a bright smile of "good morning" and a hug!
Mr. Miller (Home-Making) also makes the point that this cheerfulness begins with the marriage relationship. Rather than having a "daily dump of the day's activities and wrong-doings", to greet one another with a smile and hug upon the husband's return from the day's work.
Yes, there will be difficult days, but the habit of cheerfulness will overcome and will be the prevelant mood rather than the exception.
Be of good cheer!!!
-the TeaLady
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