As you are now only a few weeks away from your 12th birthday, I am definitely seeing signs of your maturing on an emotional level; more than ever before.
You are better embracing your role as protector and mentor, as an older brother; as opposed to seeing your sister as a threat to attention on you.
I can relate. I have grown this year as well.
I feel that this year for me has been the greatest amount of personal growth I have ever experienced; as I have learned who I actually am from an Enneagram perspective.
Similarly, I understand you better as well. And I think that, in turn, as helped you in your role as an older brother.
For Fall Break this year, we did something very special as a family. We travelled 4 hours away to visit Dollywood- and we met your cousins there, as well. Amazingly, none of us had ever been there before.
You definitely enjoyed the rides, though you decided not to try any of the scarier ones this time; despite The Tower of Terror being your favorite when we visited Disney World last Christmas.
I enjoyed the rides as well, and I was truly surprised that they were more thrilling than I expected; even if Aunt Dana’s hilarious picture of me would indicate otherwise…
For the past month or so now, you have been faithfully taking out the garbage and recycling every week. Therefore, you happened to discover a new friend living near our back deck: A very tiny frog.
You set up a home for him in your reptile aquarium so he can continue to live outside. You feed and water him daily; as well as adding moss and grass for ambiance.
You were so excited when you discovered after a few days, that the frog literally had changed colors. You explained to me it was because the frog had shed his skin.
So he went from a very dark green to a very light green overnight. What a cool experience!
My 7th song is the final original one that my wife sang with me… we were on a roll that month! Recorded on November 19th, 2019, I wrote this song as my own updated version of Johnny Cash’s “Man in Black”.
The goal was to present a list of people that American society is permitted to ignore- or at least treat as 2nd rate citizens.
From the Enneagram 6 perspective, I wanted to challenge myself with an “outside looking in” perspective of all the people who don’t belong.
Here are the lyrics:
Let’s start a war overseas with perceived enemies – We’re the world’s police fighting to be free from the rebels whom we gave the keys – Ignore civilian casualties, they don’t believe in Christianity – While Jesus weeps, the army Jeeps proceed to spread our disease – You won’t remember my name, hey – I’m a forgettable face, hey – All I’ll ever be is the least of these – You won’t remember my name – Life in prison without parole – Climbing that wall from Mexico – A woman’s choice when birth control is an afterthought – I’ve got no soul – So hide behind a political side as lobbyists buy your version of right – Just deny that some live life in the dark as you live in the light
So looking back on this song I wrote nearly 4 years ago, can you see the Enneagram 6? Can you see my longing for security and confirmation of my own existence?
Feel free to leave a comment. I’d love to hear your thoughts!
And now you can listen to the song, below, if you wish:
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