Rambling Rose

COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS

We were catching up on our respective weekends when my brother-in-law, Nasir said " You know, Rose, I was thinking about my life this weekend and I'm just very, very happy with it right now." That's no idle comment. He thinks more about the quality of his life than almost anyone I know. Between sipping the cup of tea and biting into the mouth watering pineapple tarts, I nodded politely while he continued.....
"What good does it do anyone, if you speak and philosophize great thoughts, but within your heart - you hold resentments to your father, mother, brother, sister or friends?!!! What good does it do to pray if you are unkind and unwarring in nature?!!! Sound familiar?
Everyone has heard that we should act the way we want our children to behave. In real life, however, we often have so much on our minds that we don't stop to think about how our children perceive our every word and action. And today, I'm glad I taught my children about my values. I devoted plenty of time to teaching them about honesty, compassion and loyalty. If they don't learn about these values from me, who will teach them?
Hundreds of time, I told them that the key to accomplishing their dreams is focussing them. Forget wasting energy fretting over every little thing that someone else owns and you want. Why drown in envy?! If you desire to be successful, you must get to work on it.
Not a day should go by that we don't find something to genuinely praise our child about. We should compliment our children more than criticize them. So, make praise come from the heart and you will make your child feel good........

posted by Rambling Rose @ 8:12 PM