S11 Episode 35- Loggerheads (Part 2)

Three Dogs North

If you haven’t yet, listen to S11 E34 Loggerheads (Part 1)

In this episode, the dogs pick up where they left off last time (0:25). Mike clarifies when he thinks control is appropriate in a leadership position (2:50) and Rob proposes that control, when it’s properly used, can be a training in the virtues (12:53). Rob shares an “anointed moment”, which was ultimately born out of being fully prepared (15:25). Connor makes a distinction between controlling others and self-control (17:35) and Mike admits that his parents’ use of control ultimately helped him choose the “good” (20:30). Rob closes out the episode with a question: “How do you foster freedom?” (36:00).

Quotes:

“Leaders do have to control their people, but it’s not a manipulation of free will because those people have freely consented to being commanded by someone else.” (Mike, 3:50)

“When I walk outside, I’m taking your heart with me because we’ve built this relationship together.” (Connor on ideal relationships between parents and children, 9:00)

“Ultimately, I revere the fact that you are a free individual and are not to be controlled.” (Connor, 10:48)

“You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” (Michael Scott, 27:36)

“I put my pants on one leg at a time.” (Rob, 27:46)

“I jump into my pants.” (Mike, 27:50)

“A father provides an abundance for his children to enjoy” (Mike, 28:10)

“My son, you are here with me always; everything I have is yours.” (Luke 15:31)

“Mary will be at the cross in order to spiritually and physically offer her son to the world.” (Connor, 32:10)

Media Mentions:

• Athos (2016)
• Babette’s Feast
• The Office (2005- 2013)
• Josef Pieper’s Leisure: The Basis of Culture
• The Parable of the Lost Son
• Newton’s law of universal gravitation
• Three Dogs North S11 E34
• The Wedding at Cana

References:

• St. Thomas Aquinas
• Life360
• Harrison Street
• Chicago, IL
• Classical Virtues
• Paschal Triduum
• St. John’s Catholic Newman Centers (SIUE)

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