EMBRACE REALITY

This week, we post a new personal growth tip or inspiration drawn from a recent Daily Dose of Happiness mailing.

Sometimes it can be frustrating.  Sometimes it can be exhilarating. 

Little Sister is good at this; she keeps doing whatever she is doing, oblivious to the little camera in my hand.  Over time, we will have a collection of memories of how she would act on a typical day at each stage of her growingupness - all the intonations, the favorite expressions, the sense of wonder and excitement. 

Little Lady meanwhile, is quick to perceive the camera and equally quick to become either a) and actor, carefully scripting her actions (no fingers in the nose!) or more often b) hamming it up with her face in the camera (so that's what a close up of a tooth looks like).

In the end, all the smiling photos won't mean as much as just a few minutes of real-life video footage of how the kids spoke and acted when no camera was present. 

Embrace reality; it is beautiful.

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