This weeks challenge is to prepare your Mum's Mission statements.
This week I want to focus on our hopes and dreams for our children. What exactly do you hope that your children learn from you? What
do you want to pass on? What kind of person do you want your child to grow up to be?
I think that taking just a few minutes of reflection is such a wonderful way to make sure
that each day counts!
I am totally late for this post AGAIN, sorry, I actually have no excuse, and I am actually not that sorry cause I am so proud of myself for even doing 5 weeks reasonably well.
Anyway this week is an easy one and it should only take a few minutes.
The quote above is a canvas I have in my house, my Mum gave it to me as a 21st birthday present and I don't know whether she got it just cause it looked cool or whether she actually really liked the words, but I LOVE it. I have it on display in my house in a place where I read it almost every day.
My mission statement for my kids would start with this.
Things that we have a talent in tend to be things we love and things we love tend to be a big part of what we want to do and who we want to be in the future. I truly believe that our Heavenly Father gave us all different talents and interests to help this world run smoothly. If we all loved cooking then we wouldn't have anybody to help with our finances and if everyone loved teaching then we wouldn't have enough people to fix our cars. We all need different talents to help the world go round and I believe to find our 'place' in life we all just need to do what we LOVE!
Work doesn't feel like work when we enjoy what we do right?!!.
This is why this quote is so important to me. We should go confidently in the direction of our dreams because we have the talent or the ability to develop the talent that will help us get there.
Of course this isn't all I want for my children, there are certain other things I would want them to know/remember.
I want Gracie to be herself and not worry about what others think of her. I want her to act the way she know's is the right way to act and not worry about people around her ridiculing her for it. (Something I struggled with as a child/teenager) I want her to remember she is a Daughter of God and to not let anybody treat her like she is less than that. I also don't want her to wear make up like EVER and I will flip my lid if I ever see her wearing a mini skirt LOL (does it make you feel old when you finally understand everything your parents told you to do/not to do?)
For my Joshie I want him to be a gentleman, I want him to recognize that every girl is a Daughter of God and treat them accordingly. I want him to be a great example to his brothers and sisters, and to learn from his Dad that doing a job you really love and are passionate about will give his future family the greatest security and peace of mind. I want him to serve a mission and always give me hugs no matter how old he is.
Last weeks challenge was to celebrate the simple things. I FAILED, I went food shopping the very next day and Gracie was an absolute angel she made it so much easier for me than it normally is. I decided when I saw the helicopter at the bottom of the ramp at pak'n'save that I would let Gracie have a ride in it. I put her in and gave her the 2 dollar coin and it started..............and so did the screaming!! She HATED it she was terrified. I couldn't understand it because she had been on it once before and loved it. Oh Well.
I pretty much gave up for the rest of the week until last night when Gracie decided that she would start doing poohs on the toilet again instead of her nappy at bed time. WOOHOOO, she has done a few now because she gets ice cream every time she does one. Don't worry it won't last long, it's just until she gets the hang of it and I thought it was fitting with my challenge for the week.
