I always tell my kids if you lay down, people will step over you. But if you keep scrambling, if you keep going, someone will always, always give you a hand. Always. But you gotta keep dancing, you gotta keep your feet moving.
Morgan Freeman
This makes me think about the things I tell my children. The nuggets of wisdom that I have tried and continue to try to instill into their hearts. I like Morgan Freeman's. I say things like:
There is always, always someone that can knock you on your behind.
I would rather you drink beer than diet drinks.
It's never ok for UF to win.
Please be kind to people in the cafeteria who have no one.
The world does not revolve around you. Or me.
Don't wake me up.
Dream it, and I'll drive you there.
I know there are more. I basically want my kids to know that they are not my property. Their hearts and minds are theirs to cultivate, protect, and understand. I have nurtured, guided, taught, corrected, and all that, but ultimately, they will think their own thoughts. I wouldn't want Karen clones. Yikes!
Love all these 'cept for the beer part, Beer has yeast, yeast infections are mine and my little girls arch nemesis, so...
ReplyDelete"..Every time I step up in the building everybody's hands go UP...and they stay there, and they stay there!!"
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing these, what is "UF" ?
ReplyDeleteUF is the uninversity of Florida. Just some sports rivalry fun. Carole, Diet drinks, I realize, are a necessary evil in your life. I hope everybody knows I'm not serving up beer to the kids over here. It's just my special ay saying I hate diet.
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