Sunday, 18 August 2013

Twelve Rules and Dentists

A friend sent me these following twelve rules and I thought they would be good to share. Whether you believe in a God or Gods or no God at all, there are some very wise words worth having a think about, there are rules we could all learn a little more from and not all the rules have any spiritual slant, they just make sense!!
 
So please have a read and see what I mean....
 
Twelve Rules of Spiritual Wisdom

  1. God wants spiritual fruit, not religious nuts.

  2. There is no key to happiness. The door is always open.

  3. Silence is often misinterpreted, but never misquoted.

  4. Dear God, I have a problem, it's me.

  5. Laugh every day, it's like inner jogging.

  6. Blessed are the flexible for they shall not be bent out of shape.

  7. The most important things in your home are the people.

  8. As a child of God, prayer is kind of like calling home.

  9. He who dies with the most toys is still dead.

  10. It's all right to sit on your pity pot every now and again. Just be sure to flush when you are done.

  11. Surviving and living your life successfully requires courage. The goals and dreams you're seeking require courage and risk taking. Learn from the turtle, it only makes progress when it sticks out it's neck.

  12. Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.

This is how one should feel about Dentists!
As for things around here, I have landed myself a new cold as things have been a little more stressful this week. Early in the week, the Cheeky Girl, had very bad ear aches all stemming from a large hole in one of her baby molars. So this is how the week pans out...
 
MONDAY: Cheeky Girl stays home from school due to the pain. So I get an appointment organised for lunch time. The dentist we saw looked at it and said yes she has a hole (smart indeed you could see it from the moon!) so within 5 minutes the Dentist sent us on our way with NO WORK DONE!!!
 
So least to say one child still with a bad ear ache and a mum who wasn't exactly happy and a call to another dentist for the next day...
 
TUESDAY: (After another night of pain) Dentist number two cost a fortune to fill the hole with a temporary filling and discovers that there are seven other holes forming between her teeth due to over crowding. He suggests a course of treatment that ultimately would cost over $1500!! on a 5 year old!!and when I tell him about our circumstances with me being a full time carer and if there was any room to give some discount he proclaims..."DENTISTS DON'T GIVE DISCOUNTS" (in a nice way!)
 
As you can understand I was taken back by this statement! Not even $10 a visit could he spare!!
 
So now a visit to another dentist is made...
 
FRIDAY: This dentist checked the new temporary filling, placed fluoride between her teeth and organised another appointment to fill a small hole on another molar. This dentist did not charge because my Cheeky Girl was only five and said "PREVENTION IS BETTER THAN FILLINGS".
 
So can you guess which dentist we are happy to see again...
 
As for my Cheeky Girl... I am very proud of how brave she has been :-) especially to see three dentists in a week!! and each time she said "I will be brave Mummy" and she was :-)

Now to another cause that I will be helping with in a couple of weeks :-) My RozArt stall shall be going to a Furry Fun Day going to be held by the Animal Welfare League of NSW so I am getting excited about that and all the fun to be had :-) but before we get that far Fathers day is just around the corner...

I hope you all have a great week :-)

2 comments:

  1. The 12 rules are all very well put and each one makes a great deal of sense.

    Getting teeth done is definitely a 'pain'. Shopping around is very necessary to sort out the money makers and the tooth carers. Like the one that is into prevention - he is very wise!

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    1. Yes, I think these rules are worth a read often as they remind us of what we can really achieve with the right mind set.

      As for the Dentists, I have been awaken to the realisation that perhaps more are working for the money...sad indeed.

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