My grandkids alway make me laugh. That’s a given. They also surprise me much of time by showing me how deep their little souls are and how incredibly wise they are for their young years.
Take Madison, she is almost 6.
We were hanging out together, pre-Covid-19 of course since I have no intention of breaking those rules, and she commented that she had heard a woman say that her life sucked. Ok. And then she said that she had a response. So naturally I asked her what that was.
She would say to that woman…“Well, what do you want your life to be like?”
I laughed my ass off, while giving thought to how far the apple doesn’t fall from the tree.
It was motivating really. I mean if a kid less than 6 years old can put together a solution-based question (a coaching question, I might add) and teach us all self-reliance in the process, it seems to me that there is one more reason for us to use our understanding of ourselves to improve our lives.
Self-resilience is using our understanding of ourselves for our own greater good and it can start with designing what you want. Seriously, no one else can make your existence any better, but you can. And in case you haven’t heard yet, self-reliance is the new black.
Yes, life is weird right now. Yes, there is much to stress over. But none of that stops us from designing our own future, and that future begins with the very next breath we take.
So, here’s your message, from me and Madison.
Don’t make yourself available for things that make you feel like shit. Ok, I’m not supposed to swear in front of the kids so I guess that one is from me alone! But Madison’s message is to make yourself open to your own sheer power. As long as you’re rocking your self-reliance, you can’t go wrong with your choices.
You are the gate-keeper here, and as such you can let things in or keep them out.
“Well, what do you want your life to be like?”
Later girls…according to my design, it’s grandkid FaceTime.
And I might just learn something!
