Motivational Monday

I guess today is an Albert Einstein kind of day! I found these and they just so happened to be the 2 Life Lessons that I have been talking about with my boys lately.

Life is filled with so much interference! Some are positive & negative influences in all our lives. But, in the mind of 10 & 12 year olds, this can be hard to differentiate and navigate life around.

These influence come from friends, family and other people we meet. These people have words of advice, show the boy's by example, and of course, there is also the everyday circumstances we all experience, that come to shape who we are...Good & Bad! I think we all strive for perfection and fear making mistakes.

I believe the key to raising children that are kind, responsible, understanding and successful, {children who will become adults that we would want to be around ;-) }, is teaching & showing them by example that:

• No one is perfect!
• You WILL make mistakes...the key is to learn from them.
• You won't win every contest, competition, game or job position you enter, play, or apply for. And....That's OK!
• We are all here on this planet for something. If we don't find our calling right away, then we keep trying everything until we find who we are and where we want to be!

 

As Albert Einstein said in these two quotes, happiness lies in goals, not things, and making mistakes is part of trying new things. If you accomplish both of these, this means you are Living Life!

I may have shared this before....but one of my favorite stories about my Great-Great Grandfather William Borthwick, {He had a 3rd Grade education, started two successful businesses and died a couple months shy of his 101st Birthday a millionaire}. When my Dad came home from college he sat my Dad down and said, "Blair, you've told me what college taught you, you can't do. I didn't know I couldn't do anything, so I did EVERYTHING."

So the lesson & motivation here? Have life goals, try everything, & make mistakes that make you stronger and more successful. I guess, we all forget, no matter our age, that life is too short not to LIVE!

A perfect start to the week before Easter. We all need motivation to some renewal in our lives.

Happy Motivational Monday!

 

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