THERMOSTAT OR THERMOMETER…WHICH ONE ARE YOU?

I was listening to a podcast featuring Tim Elmore, an expert on child rearing.  He was speaking about thermostats and thermometers.

Thermometers take the temperature;  they can give an indication of whether it’s too hot, too cold or just right.

Thermostats decide the temperature; if you’re a thermometer, you’re an observer.  You can describe the conditions.  You can adjust to the conditions.  You can give into the conditions.

If you’re a thermostat, you set the pace.  You decide how much heat there is.  You determine cool.  Your setting of the conditions defines the environment.

So, the admonition is to be a thermostat.

Happen to the world!