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MountainWings       A MountainWings Moment
#2134          Wings Over The Mountains of Life
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Watch This!
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Watch This!

It's my sons' favorite words, both the two and five-year-old.

They will often holler out just before they perform some stunt,
put a block in place, ride the tricycle in a circle, drive a
race car on the video screen, form a letter, read a word, touch
their toes, tie their shoes, eat a piece of broccoli, turn a
light on, turn a light off, put a plastic liner in the trash
can, put trash in the trash can, and a thousand other things.

I had a MountainWings Moment during a "Watch This" episode.

I realized that we never stop saying, "Watch This."

Children use "Watch This" to get attention or to gratify
themselves that someone notices, admires, appreciates and cares
about them.  As we age, our methods change but the "Watch This"
continues.

Far too many teenagers get in trouble not because they really
seek the trouble, nor because they are afraid their parents will
find out.  They are counting on their parents finding out.

People have married to spite their parents.  It's a Watch This.

Much of our debt is because we were trying to say, Watch This.

See what I've: got � done - built
See what I: drive � earn - wear
See whom I: date � am friends with � am

Watch This

Many of our problems stem from self-esteem, either too much or
too little.  It causes us to focus too much on the "Watch This"
phenomenon.

When I saw it in my sons, I tried to recognize it in me.

It was there.

No one can completely get rid of "Watch This," but when you
recognize it, you can handle it better.

Now whenever I do something, I ask,
"Is this a 'Watch This' or do I have a pure motive?"

Children and adults use "Watch This" to get attention or to
gratify themselves that someone notices, admires, appreciates
and cares about them.

Remember the phrase, "Dance like nobody's watching?"

Maybe we should live like nobody's watching,

except from heaven.


~A MountainWings Original~


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