Everyone

hates someone

And this habit of non-acceptance

Generally starts

With oneself.

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In other words

In order for you to have full acceptance of another

You must start with fully accepting yourself

My minx

I was blessed with a stubborn child. 

Cheeky little munch that she is 

She seems always so full of life

Full of rebuttals

Wanting to challenge her world

At each turn

And she's only 3 

So I offer her choices

A barrage of choices

And that usually assuages her stubbornness 

To some great degree

Yet sometimes 

Especially lately

She comes back at me with

"I don't know"

Which I've grown to understand as

More of an 

"I don't want to make a decision, can you please make it for me"

Which then most often means she will then just go with the flow.

I always reassure her

That I know

"Mommy knows"

Whether I do or don't isn't even a point here really

It's that she needs comfort

She needs a rock

She needs a break from "being in control"

Which she really isn't

I've simply been offering the choices I deem acceptable

But she feels she is in control

And don't we all need a break

From making life decisions

Once in a while

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Life is a funny conundrum that way

It's too bad everyone always takes it so serious.