Robbing
the children
Yes,
our society is robbing from our children. We are compromising the future of our
children by leaving them an astronomical debt burden. The debt inheritance is a
topic for another day. Today I will focus on robbing our children by
overprotecting them, preventing them from the necessary struggles so they can achieve
their own victories. We are not helping our children by overprotecting them, be
it from physical scratch to hurting their feelings. Life will hit them hard if
they do not learn to deal with things while under our parenting and guidance.
The difficulties that come while we are growing up must be accepted as ways to
get us ready to live a real life, a fulfilling life. Ultimately, difficulties
come to prepare us for our final dwelling place, a place of total freedom. Here
are 10 things I learned from my parents, formally uneducated but wise parents, specially my dad that served me well
to deal with carrying my cross through life. Have you reflected on your life to
come up with a similar list? Do you have a list for the things you are passing
on to your children? What is your legacy going to be?
1.
Discipline. It
is a lot easier not to discipline our children when they are young but there is
a high price for them to pay later in life. If we don’t do it while they are
young the world will do it later, and it can have lifelong consequences.
Warriors are not born, they are made. Have you ever encountered a warrior
without self-disciple? Good luck finding one.
2.
Hard work. Learn
to work from a very young age. Chose the hard life early on and life will get
easier and easier. Work habits must be instilled very early in life. Work
becomes joy when it is directed towards worthy goals and dreams. We are robbing
our children from their goals and dreams if we do not teach them to start
working while they are young.
3.
Respect for others. Be nice to everyone. It does not cost you a dime and the rewards are
incredible. When you respect everyone as a child of God you will start earning their
trust.
4.
Respect for money. Those that don’t respect little money will not respect big money. If
you don’t care about one cent you will not care for one million. What really
matters is what you do with what is left. Be a great steward of money and money
will multiply as a powerful tool to help you do lots of good with it.
5.
Early rise. There
is something powerful about rising early, breathing that fresh morning air. Get
to bed early to get enough rest.
6.
Health. Never
skimp on good meals. Health is not the place to be stingy.
7.
Friends. Choose
your friends wisely. Hang around people that challenge you to make you better.
8.
Planning. Life
is unpredictable and fragile. Uncertainty is certain. We might as well expect
the unexpected and deal with it head on.
9.
Courage. Courage
is the currency of warriors. Courage is necessary for the achievement of
anything worthy of securing. Go where other don’t dare to go. If you just
follow the crowd, do what they do, you get what they get, not much.
10. Sacrifice. Sacrifice is not a bad thing. Sacrifice leads to the
production of sacred things. Always be ready to help those in need. Encourage
them to endure their treacherous journeys. We all have our cross to carry.
Understand the circumstances that led you to your cross. Don’t whine about it.
Your greatness will come from your struggles. Blessed are those who carry their
burdens and the burdens of others by sharing all burdens with Christ who makes
all things possible.
Thank
you for reading and reflecting on today’s nuggets.
Be blessed and be a
blessing to others
Carlos Fontana
Author of the book Priceless, Co-author of the
book Follow to Lead
"The future
belongs to those who can see and pursue opportunities before they are
obvious."
"Those that take
swift action will always leave those that don't breathing the dust."
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