Be You

I have two boys, one in middle school, and one in elementary school. I also have several nieces spanning elementary and middle school. All I can say in regards to their experience is gosh, it is rough to be a kid these days. Hell, I’m going to expand that statement and say, gosh it is just hard to be these days!

I’m not sure why we all seem so obsessed with what others can do and why we seem to feel that individually we lack so much. I see so many people spend their lives wasting away and not living because they’re so focused on what they could have instead of what they do have. In seeing my own kids, and their friends and my nieces, it is clear to me that this obsession of ours starts young.

If I could go back through my own life, I might change somethings. I fortunately have learned that I need to just worry about me, and not obsess about what I don’t have, but this was also learned through some less than ideal circumstances. it is the dilemma that I have with my kids. How do I teach them without forcibly pushing them through rough patches? I’m not sure. So in the meantime, we talk about it and what we have. We talk about being comfortable in our own skin. I hope I’m raising strong individuals who can face this world head on but it is a scary world and we don’t know until that time comes.

So what is today’s takeaway? be comfortable with being you. Improve upon yourself, but also treasure what it is you have and if you feel that is sound advice, then teach your kids to do the same.

Happy writing this week!