The Purification System for the Mind

by Mary Southerland | | 6 comments

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When our kids were teenagers, we moved into a house with a huge back yard – which our children immediately proclaimed as the perfect spot for a trampoline. Since they had worked so hard helping us move, their reward was a used trampoline bought from a neighbor.

As we unpacked the trampoline, I also unpacked memories from my college years. One of my P.E. courses included six weeks of instruction on the trampoline. We couldn’t wait to get started! However, before anyone set foot on that trampoline, the professor spent several class periods going over the safety rules. How hard could it be? You get on the thing and jump! Not so, according to our teacher.

She persistently detailed each