Life is hard. Whether you are an adult or not; whether you
have kids or you are one, the fact remains that life is hard. Honestly it is
meant to be so that we can learn the lessons we are supposed to. Personally I feel
that we are meant to learn these lessons and then pass them on to the next
generation. We continue to repeat past mistakes and we continue to struggle,
but are we doing everything we can to make life a little easier. No! We are
doing nothing to truly insure that they are going to be able to take care of
things in the future. We are letting them run wild in the streets like we don’t
care what happens to them. Now I’m sure that might sound a bit harsh since they
are going to school and learning history, but we are not teaching them not to
repeat it. And we aren’t exactly teaching them the whole truth, only what the
government deems necessary for them to know. The rest is up to us. We need to
stop letting superficial issues be the resting place of our conversations with
our children. Get down deep to the nitty gritty parts of life. As much as
reading, writing, and arithmetic are important so are life skills like self-esteem,
how to deal with difficult situations, or how to be the best version of
themselves that they can be.
School can’t teach them everything; something has to be done
to help the schools. As it is they are overburdened, overworked, and
underfunded. As parents struggling to survive in this economy we are going
through the same thing. However it is our responsibility to prepare our
children for their future. We need to prepare them for our future also, because
who do you think is going to be taking care of us when we no longer can? They
need us to show them the way, the right way! Most of us have very little time
for ourselves let alone our children, but we need to find the time. Make the
time. Make a time budget so that you will always have the time for your family.
It is vital to the welfare of not only your child’s future but also the future
of the world. You don’t know what kind of influence they will have or what they
will do with it. Imagine for one moment that your child was elected President
of the United States. What kind of President do you think they would be? Even
if for some wild and crazy possibility they were elected President with the
attitude they have today, what kind of President do you think they would really
be? For some of us that is a scary thought. That is why we need to do the best
we can to teach them to be the best version of themselves, because they could
become anyone. Why not insure that the person they become is a person worthy of
your child’s name.
Right now as a whole our species is producing more waste
than anything. We are overpopulating, over producing, and over polluting and in
the process dragging ourselves deeper and deeper into this sad place of existence.
We are starving in different places all over the world. We are murdering and
raping each other every day in different places all over the world. We are
homeless, we are sick, we are scared, and we are fighting for our lives every
day all over the world. We are selfish, we are greedy, and we are full of
hatred. We need to stop thinking with the “us/them” attitude and acting like
spoiled children, because it is only teaching our children to be spoiled. We must
learn to share with one another. We must learn that we are all connected to
each other. We are all the same. Yes we are all different. But we are all the
same. We all bleed the same blood, different blood types or not, it’s all the
same. We are one. One species, just different breeds. We must start to see each
other as true equals and as we would see ourselves and treat each other as
such. Or we will continue to feel separated from everyone and everything and
lost in a world of greed. Do you really want that kind of life for your
children or your grandchildren? Or do you want them to be able to go through
life with less difficulty than you did. One where they might actually have a
chance to make a difference is a possibility if you teach them right.
This is where we learn from our mistakes and teach our
children a better way to live. Teach them not to be afraid of life, but to
take charge of it. Teach them how to handle difficult situations that way they
don’t have to turn to drugs or alcohol. If you teach them that they are worth
something, that their limitations are endless then they might believe it for
themselves. These days we are truly our own worst enemy, because we have too
much self-doubt, fear, and anger sitting inside of us. We are so full of all
this negativity that it is no wonder our kids today have such low self-esteem
and are going through such hell these days. They see how we are as their
parents and they follow our example. We are not only their first teachers, but
we should be their most influential ones. We need to teach them how to deal
with bullies or how not to be one. We need to teach them how to handle money,
so they don’t have to struggle later. We need to teach them about life after
high school, because they look to us for life’s answers even if they don’t
actually ask. So all you have to do is teach them right and lead by example. The
best way to teach them how to be the best version of themselves is to be the
best you that you can be. Lead by example.
