Children

Children bring along a great amount of wisdom when they come into this world. It does not mater if they are just a little baby or a couple of years old. When your with a child you learn a lot of things. I have learned a lot of things just hanging out with my little brother’s and sister’s. What I always tried to teach them was the basic idea of life was just to have fun. Here are a couple of things I learned from being around them.

1. Making mistakes is okay. Don’t become obsessed and crazy with something you did wrong. That is one of the things I emphasize to my little brother who’s always trying new things out. I always tell him it’s okay to make mistakes as long as you know how your going to fix them. It was pretty ironic because the one that was always telling him this made a one of his biggest mistakes in his life. In a basketball game at my school the team was looking for me to score the last second shot to win the game and I missed it. I kept telling my self how stupid I was and beating my self up until my little brother snapped some sense into me. He told me just exactly how I told him time after time. It’s okay to make mistakes as long as you fix them right. Right as he said that I totally thought to my self how stupid I was being and told him yea it’s okay. So basically don’t harp over yesterday’s mistakes fix them and get ready for tomorrow because it’s going to be a whole new day.
2. Doing things alone. Sometimes you just have to do something by your self. Like for example practicing by my self everyday to try to make my school’s basketball team because everyone doubted me. Yes I could have just ask someone to help me out but in a way I couldn’t. I had to just do it my self to prove to everyone that I deserved a spot on the team. It wasn’t easy but I managed to pull it off.
3. If you love something put all your heart into it. People now today say yea I like playing basketball, football is okay I like it, tennis is something I like playing, but you don’t hear enough people saying that they love something. This kind of love is different from loving your mom, dad, or brothers and sisters. It is a love for the game a passion, heart and desire to do something. People today when doing something just do the minimum to get by. I always tell my little brother if you love something put all your heart into. Like soccer he is always practicing outside in our back yard. When I saw him skipping his favorite dessert at dinner time to go and practice soccer. I was just amazed and realized I needed to practice more too, I was one of those people who were just doing the minimum to get by. He is really a wake up call at desperate times.
4. Know when to ask for help. Yes this is totally the opposite of lesson two ,but it’s so important that it has to be a lesson. It’s okay to push your self hard and try to do things on your own. You need to know when to ask for help too. I don’t mean like being lazy and asking for help on everything. Just when you need it and when asking for help will help you out. Like working out, it’s better to ask for help on your third set repetitions and you know your going to drop it if you don’t than to drop the weight on your self. I always help my little brother out with his soccer drills because it makes him better.
5. It’s okay if your are different. Everyday I tell him this if your different that just means your special. Special people do special things. Don’t let people tell you that your not good enough for them. It’s those type of people that you don’t need to listen to. Always chose your way of doing things as long it doesn’t hurt others. Walk your own path don’t let others cloud your judgement.

Basically these are some life lesson’s that I teach and learned from my little siblings. Always remember that kid’s bring out the best in everybody. Yes some people say kids are in a pain in the butt. It’s does people that learn the most from kids. So try teaching your kid’s some of these lesson’s and see if it helps you out.