Remember doing that as a kid? That was our hydration. Bottled water!? What!? Nope. We were outside, playing and we got thirsty. Mom would get mad if we kept running in and out of the house so we would grab the garden hose and drink until brain freeze. I can't remember when the last time was I saw a kid actually do this. I've never heard of anyone dying from too much garden hose water. But it's 2017 and if it doesn't cost money and come in a plastic bottle then we shouldn't do it! We can't do much of anything any more without it causing some harm to someone. It's a world where we need to tip toe around what we say, do and eat or drink. Why!? What happened? What changed that we can no longer do this? I'm not saying we need to be rude or not watch what we eat but not everything is bad for you.
Too many participation ribbons and too many play for fun attitudes today. My kids have been raised to win, lose and try their hardest. I tought them to lose and lose with dignity and all that did was develop a fire inside to compete and win. There were a few times that my son had the opportunity to tie a game. His response to me was "dad, I'd rather lose than tie, at least then we have a winner" thats when I knew I taught him right. To accept a loss, try his hardest and never just participate.
It's funny how we weren't raised with kid gloves yet some of our generation thinks that we need to raise our kids this way.
People get mad over every little thing nowadays and there are more petitions going around than birthday cards. I'm all for standing up for what you believe in but we need to take a step back, look around and enjoy this life. It's short. It's beautiful.
I'm not perfect. Things bother me but I'm trying to let that go and focus on what matters.
I almost didn't name the blog "grab the hose and take a drink" because I was pretty sure, being that its 2017, that someone would take it the wrong way and twist what the "hose" references. But then I remembered that I don't care and this is what it should be called. We need a little more 1984 and a little less 2017.
Now go outside, grab the hose and take a drink!
Turk
