The Right Thing – No Matter What – while hard sometimes – is the surest path to peace.
In a whining voice of intense complaint 8-year old Isaac said to me, “Mom, you always do the right thing – even when it’s hard!” He was not happy. As for me, it made me think.
Every night at bed-time I would tell my children, “I love you always and forever, no matter what.” That phrase came from a children’s book I starting reading to my son when he was less than a year old.
I didn’t know diddly about parenting when my first child was born. My early parenting skills were gleaned from the idealistic morality of children’s books mixed with my own post-tragic childhood vision of familial utopia.
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ABOUT DR. LISA E. HALE
Dr. Lisa E. Hale is the entrepreneur’s champion of true greatness. She believes we achieve our best results in business and in life when we get very real about who we are, why we do what we do, and what we really want. From that clarity, the game is then Real results that matter, with purpose.
Lisa has coached, mentored and trained executive teams, business owners and entrepreneurs on five continents for over 20 years to blast ahead, and achieve their business and life goals faster, with true joy and confidence.
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It is 3:43p Jack’s daughter, Melinda, just turned the last corner of her walk home from school. Jack is outside getting the mail. Melinda says, “Dad, I want to drop my Spanish class.” She had been practicing those words all the way home. She is a senior, gifted, and adrift.
Jack: “Why?”
Melinda: “It’s too stressful, and I’m not doing well in my other classes because there is too much work”
Jack: …………… ? He’s stumped.
[ Uh Oh! What would you do? ]
Jack is the COO of a large Colorado company that provides regulatory compliance services in the oil & gas industry. Jack has a serious work ethic – and, he believed he had taught that – and modeled it to all his kids. Jack does not quit, not ever.
Good Morning and Happy Monday!
It’s 6:47 am at the family dining table – last Thursday morning. 12-year old twin boys eating breakfast, mom drinking tea.
Jadon says, “I think I’d be a really good architect.”
Mom, “I bet you would!”
Jadon thinks for a moment and then says, “but I’m not very good at math – so maybe I can’t do that”
** sigh **
I mean, REALLY heavy sigh.
Mom (that’s me) is thinking, boy this kid has been running this racket all his life – and what a bunch of baloney! But what to do? Then I think about his twin – Kieran – who is all boy, gentle, sensitive, funny, strong, confident, brilliant, an extraordinary student, and very happy.
(I guess that could be nauseating if you’re the brother-eh!?)
Happy New Year everyone! It’s the first Sunday of 2015. What is your intention for this new year?
This will help you check whether you are on track:
Have you ever done something that turned out to be not such a great idea? And, when you were choosing to do it, did you notice that some part of you thought it was better not to?
How about that moment when you decided ‘YES’ to something – your gut just told you to – and it didn’t really make sense, but turned out to be the perfect thing to do?
Have you ever found yourself upset?
Of course not! 🙂 Especially around the Holidays…. right? Even when we seek to relax and have fun, share love with our friends and families, we seem to trip over frustrations, expectations and even some disappointments.
Jenny said to me (Jenny is a dear friend), “Why can’t people just make a commitment and keep
Wishing all of you and wonderful, love-filled, Happy Holiday Season.
Love much,
Laugh often,
Be grateful for all that is.
To your continued amazingness,
Lisa
What is it that makes us melt at the sight of puppies and babies?
What is it about them that makes us warriors of protection, and shameless coo-ers?
Is it only that they are helpless and vulnerable?
I don’t think so.
Happy Monday!
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