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Did you see the beautiful tea cup in the photo above? My tea tasted especially good in this cup today because Clay, my husband, gave it to me on my birthday. It is from Scotland — a piece of Dunoon fine china — and if you look closely, you might even see the bird he chose just for me. Tea tastes better in a cup with a story!
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“Oh, the comfort — the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person — having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, but pouring them all right out, just as they are, chaff and grain together; certain that a faithful hand will take and sift them, keep what is worth keeping, and then with the breath of kindness blow the rest away.” -Dinah Craik, A Life for a Life, 1859
Building virtue, character, and righteousness into the life of a child is a lifelong commitment. But influence always starts out with a relationship with someone who is trustworthy, one who has integrity, who is gracious and kind. Once the trust is built, the measure of the relationship goes deep and grows with each year of friendship and companionship. Without a foundation of love, as scripture says, we become a noisy gong, a clanging bell.
Join me on today’s podcast as I share 3 foundations for building and cultivating virtue in relationship to children or adults you mentor.
Also on today’s Tea Time Tuesday podcast:
Fish tacos, anyone? Today’s recipe
A movie about the Olympics a hundred years ago in Paris that you must not miss
My birthday story
Living Well, and so much more!
Be sure to listen in. Have a lovely week!