The world is a mad place – as parents see it. They like to raise confident children who can battle it all.
These are 51 life lessons that can help.
- Life doesn’t begin and end with textbooks.
- Life doesn’t begin and end with notebooks either.
- But it’s a good idea to keep notes.
- Because the questions you’ll face will come from unexpected places.
- And your answers can come from the thoughts you collect.
- And also from the things you observe.
- You may not know this but parents too fail at many things.
- But they’re too scared to admit it.
- Because parents are conscious in front of their children.
- So, don’t ever hide anything from us.
- If you open up to us, we won’t judge you.
- You never know – we might tell you all about our own struggles.
- Play with us: we’ll get to know each other better.
- Or play alone: you need “me-time” too.
- Or don’t play at all sometimes: doing nothing is allowed to.
- Look out of the window in such times.
- Learn from the ants, or even the mosquitoes.
- Watch them struggle for food.
- Look at how they overcome all their hurdles.
- Observe how they find their sugar.
- No matter how far it is.
- Life is like that: you too will find your sugar.
- You’ll know where your sugar is.
- You only need to decide it’s sugar that you want.
- Sometimes, the sugar itself will call you, tell you where to find it.
- And you’ll figure out roads to reach it.
- Or you’ll make our own roads.
- Or the roads will be so impressed with you that they’ll open up on their own.
- That’s the beauty of hard work.
- And determination. And confidence.
- These maybe big words for you right now.
- But you’ll develop your own relationship with them.
- Relationships take time.
- The only sensible thing to do is to give it time.
- Yes, give your sugar some time.
- Maybe a lot more.
- Maybe more than what others give.
- And that’s okay. Because it’s your sugar. Not anybody else’s.
- If someone compares your sugar with another’s, gently tell them to mind their own business.
- Because comparisons break hearts.
- Ants don’t compare.
- They’re busy listening to their own grains of sugar.
- And they line up beautifully.
- They’re not thinking about anything else.
- Nobody tells them what to do and how.
- It looks like everyone is there for each other.
- Meet great people. Make great friends.
- Such friends are good for confidence and overall well being.
- Meanwhile, you have us.
- Tell us what you think about, what you dream about.
- Together, we can do anything.
Boosting confidence is just an occasion. These life lessons can do much greater wonders to all kinds of chitchat among parents and children.