Comments on: 5 Great Unplanned Homeschool Lessons http://www.questforbalance.com/2009/03/19/homeschool-unplanned-lessons/ Serenity, Simplicity, Happiness... Adventure! Sun, 24 Apr 2011 18:42:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Exposing Our Insecurities to Find a New Balance | Quest for Balance http://www.questforbalance.com/2009/03/19/homeschool-unplanned-lessons/comment-page-1/#comment-12031 Exposing Our Insecurities to Find a New Balance | Quest for Balance Tue, 26 Jan 2010 19:22:11 +0000 http://www.questforbalance.com/?p=638#comment-12031 [...] make it fun for both of us), wandering around the garden barefooted, making wishes on dandelions, blowing bubbles in the rain… that sort of [...] [...] make it fun for both of us), wandering around the garden barefooted, making wishes on dandelions, blowing bubbles in the rain… that sort of [...]

]]> By: Michael http://www.questforbalance.com/2009/03/19/homeschool-unplanned-lessons/comment-page-1/#comment-390 Michael Sat, 21 Mar 2009 13:44:26 +0000 http://www.questforbalance.com/?p=638#comment-390 Lisis, these are beautiful lessons. Sounds like your son is enrolled in one of the best schools ever! Lucky kid. ;-) Lisis, these are beautiful lessons. Sounds like your son is enrolled in one of the best schools ever! Lucky kid. ;-)

]]> By: Jay Schryer http://www.questforbalance.com/2009/03/19/homeschool-unplanned-lessons/comment-page-1/#comment-377 Jay Schryer Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:53:07 +0000 http://www.questforbalance.com/?p=638#comment-377 This is beautiful. Lessons we could *all* stand to learn from time to time. Homeschooled or no, learning to take pleasure in simple, ordinary beauty is an important lesson for us to teach our children, and they don't teach it in schools anyway! Even as adults, I think we need to revisit these lessons from time to time. Thank you for allowing us to revisit these lessons with you. <a href="http://www.twitter.com/exterminis" rel="nofollow">follow @exterminis on twitter<a> This is beautiful. Lessons we could *all* stand to learn from time to time. Homeschooled or no, learning to take pleasure in simple, ordinary beauty is an important lesson for us to teach our children, and they don’t teach it in schools anyway! Even as adults, I think we need to revisit these lessons from time to time. Thank you for allowing us to revisit these lessons with you.

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]]> By: Lisis http://www.questforbalance.com/2009/03/19/homeschool-unplanned-lessons/comment-page-1/#comment-376 Lisis Thu, 19 Mar 2009 15:37:33 +0000 http://www.questforbalance.com/?p=638#comment-376 I am so glad you guys liked the post. I wanted to make sure it didn't come across as homeschool-specific. There are so many great learning opportunities is our kids (and for us) if we are just willing to notice them all around us. @ Nadia: That is a really neat lesson you just shared with us. The pain and the hurt may still be there, but we don't necessarily have to feel it. I guess we have the option to medicate it away (with painkillers, drugs, food, etc.) or we can choose not to experience it as pain. Arguably, this would be harder to do, but it is not impossible. Truly, the learning never stops. I am so glad you guys liked the post. I wanted to make sure it didn’t come across as homeschool-specific. There are so many great learning opportunities is our kids (and for us) if we are just willing to notice them all around us.

@ Nadia: That is a really neat lesson you just shared with us. The pain and the hurt may still be there, but we don’t necessarily have to feel it. I guess we have the option to medicate it away (with painkillers, drugs, food, etc.) or we can choose not to experience it as pain. Arguably, this would be harder to do, but it is not impossible. Truly, the learning never stops.

]]> By: Nadia-HappyLotus http://www.questforbalance.com/2009/03/19/homeschool-unplanned-lessons/comment-page-1/#comment-375 Nadia-HappyLotus Thu, 19 Mar 2009 14:21:33 +0000 http://www.questforbalance.com/?p=638#comment-375 Hi Lisis, Even though I am adult, a few years ago my dad taught me something that was mind boggling. It has to do with the human brain and how pain medicines work. Pain medicines do not stop the pain or cure the pain, they simply cut off the feeling of pain; the medicine basically numbs the nerve. I never knew that. That tiny piece of information caused me to learn more about the brain which lead me to understand more about happiness. So learning never stops! :) <a href="http://www.twitter.com/HappyLotus" rel="nofollow">follow @HappyLotus on twitter<a> Hi Lisis,

Even though I am adult, a few years ago my dad taught me something that was mind boggling. It has to do with the human brain and how pain medicines work.

Pain medicines do not stop the pain or cure the pain, they simply cut off the feeling of pain; the medicine basically numbs the nerve. I never knew that. That tiny piece of information caused me to learn more about the brain which lead me to understand more about happiness. So learning never stops! :)

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