I grew up with my parents and my brothers around me all the time. There was love. At times that love revolved around right words and right actions, with occasional harsh corrections. The older I get, and the more adolescents and adults that I see for their mental health concerns, the more I recognize thatContinue reading “Kids”
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WE CANNOT READ ENOUGH, WATCH ENOUGH, LISTEN ENOUGH, ASK ENOUGH, OR KNOW ENOUGH BEFORE TRYING SOMETHING NOVEL. THERE WILL BE SO MANY VARIABLES, NUANCES, SURPRISES, TWISTS AND TURNS THAT WE CANNOT BE FULLY PREPARED FOR AND TOTALLY COMFORTABLE WITH, OUR FACING THE UNKNOWN.
Get your support and your resources ready, so that you can turn to them for help, while still pressing onward. Backtracking, waste, unexpected expenses, tears, anger, hopelessness (not helplessness) and frustration are signs of lessons and learning, not signs of ultimate failure. Load your mind with pertinent/ focused knowledge, guidance and information. Then make anContinue reading “WE CANNOT READ ENOUGH, WATCH ENOUGH, LISTEN ENOUGH, ASK ENOUGH, OR KNOW ENOUGH BEFORE TRYING SOMETHING NOVEL. THERE WILL BE SO MANY VARIABLES, NUANCES, SURPRISES, TWISTS AND TURNS THAT WE CANNOT BE FULLY PREPARED FOR AND TOTALLY COMFORTABLE WITH, OUR FACING THE UNKNOWN.”