A Lesson on Energy

One kid I chummed with years ago loved the movie Monsters Inc. I learned a lot from this movie about energy. (Who knew Pixar was so educational?) Did you know that children are great sources of energy for monsters? Formerly, screams were contained and used to make power, until laughs were discovered to be ten times more powerful.

I've discovered that this is also the case with Mommy's. So, I sometimes use this knowledge to soak up some energy from my kids. Kids do have such an excess of continual energy!

The movie didn't explain anything about negative energy. But that was easy for me to discover on my own--there isn't anything worse than whining and crying in all the world as a drain on one's energy reserves. Just a small amount of whining or crying and all my energy reserves start to drain rapidly. If the crying and whining continues, it doesn't take long until I feel like a vacuum has just sucked out every last drop of energy from me. I feel like flopping on the floor like a lifeless noodle in a state of self-deprecating self-centered-ness.

That's when it's time for some much needed laughter...
to stock up again!