Over the next few weeks, I'll be posting brief snippets from Randy Frazee's book, "Making Room for Life: Trading Chaotic Lifestyles for Connected Relationships." These will be brief thoughts from the book that I found particularly challenging and thought-provoking. “Medical doctor Paul Rosch writes, “Childhood, as we formerly recognized it, is rapidly becoming extinct. There is less and less free time for playing with others, and learning how to develop friendships and social skills. “I not only agree in principle, but I’ve also seen it with my own eyes. There is a certain sadness, and for some an almost zombie-like state, in children today. The mystery and wonder of being a kid seem to be losing ground.” (100-101)
“Stress is now recognized as a one of the key stimulators of cancer.” (101)
“Possibly the deadliest sin of all is not what over scheduling activities does to the child but what it keeps them from. In my decade-long study of human community, I’ve discovered that one of the very best things you can do for a child is to have consistent dinners as a family at dusk, with food that is balanced and whole and conversation that is free and slow.” (103)
"Imagine life is a game in which you are juggling five balls. The balls are called work, family, health, friends and integrity. And you’re keeping all of them in the air. But one day you finally come to understand that work is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it will bounce back.The other four balls – family, health, friends, and integrity – are made of glass. If you drop one of these, it will be irrevocably scuffed, nicked, or perhaps even shattered. And once you truly understand the lesson of the five balls, you will have the beginnings of balancing life.” (112)
“Stress is now recognized as a one of the key stimulators of cancer.” (101)
“Possibly the deadliest sin of all is not what over scheduling activities does to the child but what it keeps them from. In my decade-long study of human community, I’ve discovered that one of the very best things you can do for a child is to have consistent dinners as a family at dusk, with food that is balanced and whole and conversation that is free and slow.” (103)
"Imagine life is a game in which you are juggling five balls. The balls are called work, family, health, friends and integrity. And you’re keeping all of them in the air. But one day you finally come to understand that work is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it will bounce back.The other four balls – family, health, friends, and integrity – are made of glass. If you drop one of these, it will be irrevocably scuffed, nicked, or perhaps even shattered. And once you truly understand the lesson of the five balls, you will have the beginnings of balancing life.” (112)
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