I have had friends mention that I look better, happier, and more satisfied. I have a purpose. I have goals more directly than I have before. Why? Because I am a slave.
My house is clean. My dogs are clean. I am eating healthy and taking my meds. I help my friends out any time I can. These are all things that I’ve always done, right? Well now I have more fun doing them. Because I have a Master.
This is not a bad thing. I will repeat that every day until all have heard and understand. This is something to be excited about and grateful for.
When I was young, my mother made sure that I knew how to do everything I needed for myself. She was a good mother. The only thing she lacked was positive reinforcement. She was stern, corrective, and disciplining. She wasn’t consistent though. For some reason I’m grateful for that lol. She made sure we had the basic knowledge to make it through life because of her guidance. Doing dishes, mopping floors, cleaning house, cooking, working. These are all things that she taught me and my sisters and my brother. Children need this. You don’t want your kids growing up without basic living skills. That is the reason there are so many adult children these days – adult children are grown people who still live with their parents.
There used to be exquisite classes on such other things as etiquette and courting. More refined boundaries and rules to live by. They make people seem more proper and distinguished. If that is what you prefer, have at it. It is important to pursue that which makes you a better person. Manners make anyone more congenial and easier to be around. It’s not a bad thing to be good!
They say that the main thing missing in the lives of children today is stability and boundaries. Give them the guidelines they need to be outstanding people and they will become just that. Teach them the rules. Teach them the consequences. Reward them when they obey. It is much easier to say than it is to do. Most parents give up because of the responsibility it entails and the work that must be done. Never punish a child with consequences so severe that you cannot follow through with them. For example, grounding your kid for a week means that you don’t leave the house either. If you do, you know they will sneak out!
This is the same basic concept of my slavery. My Master is most pleased by my happiness. My happiness comes in pleasing my Master. There are rules and boundaries established. With those guidelines are rewards for proper completion. There are also consequences should the demands not be obeyed – they wouldn’t be proper without consequences. Are the consequences severe? Most definitely but they are not abusive. They are consequences that I agree to. There is no part of this experience or lifestyle that is meant to actually do harm. Of course there are things that are meant to hurt but only because we like pain.
He does not ask of me that which I cannot give. Yet, I give all that I can whether it is requested or not. By his pleasure as my goal, all is right and good in the world.
So I propose to you that my life has improved. Don’t worry mother it will never take me 5 days to do the dishes again. In my slavery I have become the princess. This princess has found a King.
