I’m sure you definitely can tell from my recent posts, that we are having a teenager in the house. No, I’m not complaining. She’s still great kid, we just get more than usual dose of unusual events.
Last week she called: “Mum, what should I do? The boys broke my bicycle!”
What would you do if you were in my shoes?
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We all want to live happy and abundant life. We want great things, perfect family, fantastic relationships and a lot of money. And we have some big goals.
What I discovered in my coaching practice is that many people don’t know what they want. One thing in that they don’t think about it. And another, even more important, they are afraid to think about it. They don’t allow themselves to dream. They are taught to modesty and wishing for something out of their reach is wrong. They were put the limits around them. They stay within those walls and never get the courage to look beyond.
But once we are clear about our dreams and goals, it often looks like something is too big for us. Too scary. Too distant. Unknown. And usually we don’t have the slightest idea how we will get there and that’s stopping us.
This month my dear daughter surprised me with her decision: »Mom, I will be a vegetarian.« Wow… this is something you don’t really want to hear, especially if your daughter has trainings every day for few hours and everyone believes that she needs meat (and I must say here that we don’t eat a lot of meat, but still…).
It was the same day that I saw an article on my Facebook wall describing the traps, teenagers fall in, when deciding to go vegetarian. According to this article, more teenage »vegetarian« girls suffer from eating disorders and health problems, related to food than the »normal« group. It could be the first step to eliminating other foods as well. You can read the whole article HERE.
Actually no one was happy about it. Her swimming coach asked us about our food preferences, in school they noticed she’s not eating everything as she did before… And I really started to worry.
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How often do you say to yourself and/or your kids. »I can’t afford it.« »If only we had more money.« »I don’t have time.«
But do you really need a lot of money and time to feel good and enjoy life? No. If I asked you when were you most happy, what would you say? When you had lots of money or would you remembered fun times with your friends or quite evenings with a good book. You know that being happy and satisfied has nothing to do with the money. And the same goes to time. Are you using it as an excuse?
It’s all about the attitude. The only thing you really need is an idea of what you want and some effort to follow the idea.
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Today I have a little story for you (and I’m sure you’ve heard of it; it’s from Stephen Covey’s The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
How many times we don’t find the time or the will to do something of value? How much time we spend for small, everyday stuff, when the big issues are waiting for us to find the space? And when raising the children, it become even more important. If we miss the opportunity to teach them lessons for life, we will never get that chance again.
So here is the story:
Gratitude
is the Best Attitude
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