I think it's tougher if you're the woman, the one who is actually with child. How can you avoid becoming neurotic? The man can help. Like, don't call the fetus "alien spawn." I totally do not do that anymore.
This morning, Julie woke up from a bad dream. The baby had arrived, normal and healthy. She had just finished feeding it, when all of a sudden it transformed into our dog, Daisy.
You might be chuckling now, but imagine this...
suddenly changing to this...
See, now you're gasping in horror.
When she woke up, she wasn't shrieking in a pool of sweat or anything like that, but she had the profound feeling of relief you get at the moment you realize it was all just a dream.
Meanwhile, Daisy had the same dream, and it was the best one she'd ever had.
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Dan,
This is Nicholas Rowland, a ghost from your past.
You know, sociologist Max Weber coined a term to describe precisely what you're trying to avoid. He called it the "master trend of history" and he was speaking of "rationalization."
He noticed that so much of life -- whether it was raising children or cooking a steak -- was getting too calculated and with all this calculation came competing information and therefore confusion.
The real consequence, however, apart from mere mis-information, is a story of loss. That the world, calculated down to the minutea of life, was sudden less magical. The world was not longer enchanted with unexpected moments that remained unexplainable.
It is a good idea to avoid *some* sage advice to keep one's life enchanted and, instead, to make your own theories and make certain *not* to overdetermine your life or the lives of others.
Word.
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