Sometimes Monday evening looks like this

Family Home Evening with Rob & Georgia

Peasant picnic on the living room floor
• Red lentil dhal soused with tender corn and fresh cilantro
• Whole wheat pitas w/spreads
• Crunchy Fuji apples
• All-u-can-drink tap water
• After this we were too full for the ginger-pumpkin pie, phoo.

Opening hymn: #96, "Dearest Children, God Is Near You"
• Piano accompaniment was sight-read and played badly by Georgia.
• Verse 1 was sung nearly twice through by Rob before he skipped on to verse 3.

Opening prayer

Intro

• "As he thinketh in his heart, so is he." (Proverbs 23:7)

• "For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind." (2 Timothy 1:7)

• Thinking = being. How can we change negative, unhealthy patterns of thinking and become more discerning? 

Scripture

• Explore the scriptures for a few ideas on the subject of discernment, thinking well, good judgement, perception, etc. and share reflections. (Our quick picks: Romans 8:26-28; 3 Nephi 22:11, 12; 2 Nephi 21:1-3; Ether 4:12; Doctrine & Covenants 88:67, 68.)

Discussion

• Review the basics of reframing, cognitive distortions, negative and positive explanatory styles. 

• Choose a shared concern and brainstorm ways and times when this concern can actually be a good thing. (Our pick: money worries. We came up with almost a full page of positives available through this challenge, and could have named more.)

Fun

• Explain a new game: "Good, Bad, Interesting." To demonstrate how it works, watch Demetri Martin comedy videos on Attention and Control.

• Go for a late walk while playing "Good, Bad, Interesting." (Our plan was aborted, due to Crazy Monday Exhaustion.)

Closing hymn: #95, "Now Thank We All Our God"

• One-handed piano accompaniment played admirably by Georgia.
• Both verses were sung without mishap by Rob.

Closing prayer

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"Good, Bad, Interesting"

Rules: 

1. A player introduces a topic.

2. Another player repeats that topic and presents three scenarios which fulfill the topic—one good, one bad, and one interesting.

3. That player then introduces a new topic for the next player to fulfill. 

4. Please keep it family-friendly, folks.

5. Repeat 1-4.

Want to play?

Here's a topic to start: CLIMBING THROUGH A WINDOW.