HOW MY SON'S ISMS ARE POINTING ME TO GOD
IF YOU ARE FAMILIARED WITH THE SON-RISE PROGRAM YOU KNOW WHAT AN ISM IS. IF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH AUTISM YOU MAY KNOW ISMS AS STIMS. ISMS ARE AMAZING! TODAY AS WE WERE ON OUR WAY TO VISIT OUR COUSIN TO HIS UNIVERSITY DORM WE MADE A BRIEF STOP AT A GAS STATION TO GET SOME SNACKS. IT WAS THERE AND THEN THAT IT DAWNED ON ME. THE BEAUTY OF THE ISM IS POINTING ME TO GOD! IN OUT EVER CHANGING CAOTHIC WORLD WE NEED SOMETHING TO GROUND US AND ANCHOR US BACK TO SAFETY. THAT IS WHAT THE ISM DOES. EVERY TIME MY CHILD ISMS HE IS FOCUSING IN THE BEAUTY OF THE PREDICTABLE AND BEING SOOTHED BY THE CLAMING EFFECT OF THE REPETITIVE SAMENESS. MY SON'S FAVOURIT ISMS ARE: TURNING LIGHTS ON AND OF, OPENING AND CLOSING DOORS, STUMPING HIS FEET ON THE FLOOR ("IF YOU'RE HAPPY AND YOU KNOW IT STUMP YOUR FEET"), CLAPING ("IF YOU'RE HAPPY AND YOU KNOW IT CLAP YOUR HANDS"", FLIPPING BOOKS, PACING AROUND A ROOM.... THESE BEAUTIFUL ISMS FILL OUR DAY WITH FUN AND CHAN...