Affirmations:
I
give everyone the best I know.
I
respect the young and the old with love.
I
model what is respectful, responsible and in harmony with others.
I
treat each person as I want to be treated, no matter how they treat me.
Take
Care of All Children
Who
is taking care of our children?
Who is supporting
their parents?
Who is educating
our families?
How are we going
to create healthy communities?
Our
families and children are at the foundation of our society.
When we do not have
healthy families, we have a dysfunctional society.
When we have unhappy
parents, we have unhappy children.
When our children
are not happy, they do not thrive and dream and create good lives.
What
can we do?
First begin with
you.
Heal your own
unhappy childhood.
Forgive what was
unhealthy and learn a better way.
Educate
yourself.
Read and observe
healthy relationships.
Find a good role
model and mentor.
Set your own goals
following your highest values.
Get
help when you know you need it.
Find positive
teachers and counselors and new ideas when you are ready.
Listen to yourself
and others to better understand and accept needed changes.
Always pay attention
to your basic own basic needs and the needs of others.
Within
your family system, acknowledge mistakes and limiting beliefs.
Make amends for your
false teachings, hurtful words and behavior.
Commit to being a
better role model, parent, partner and family member.
Choose to think,
speak and act with integrity, demonstrating what you want to teach others.
It is
imperative that we all take full responsibility for the mistakes and
misbehavior we see..
It is essential that
we commit to doing a better job within our family and our community.
It is helpful to
listen to exactly what we say and do as we are saying to others.
It is our
responsibility to give our very best to one another, young and old.
Children
listen to our phone calls and family interactions and copy us.
Children watch TV,
movies, news and cartoons and copy what they see.
Families pass down
dysfunction habits and harmful behaviors .
It is time we stop,
assess and make choices and changes for the benefit of all.
Thanks
for being open and willing to listen, stop, look, forgive and choose again.
Betty Lue
IF
CHILDREN (AND ADULTS) LIVE WITH……….
If
children live with criticism, they learn to condemn.
If
children live with hostility, they learn to fight.
If
children live with fear, they learn to be apprehensive.
If
children live with pity, they learn to feel sorry for
themselves.
If
children live with ridicule, they learn to feel shy.
If
children live with jealousy, they learn to feel envy.
If
children live with: criticism, hostility, fear, pity, ridicule or
jealousy,
They
will learn to: condemn, fight, be apprehensive, feel sorry for
themselves, feel shy and feel envy.
If
children live with encouragement, they learn confidence.
If
children live with tolerance, they learn patience.
If
children live with praise, they learn appreciation.
If
children live with acceptance, they learn to love.
If
children live with approval, they learn to like themselves.
If
children live with recognition, they learn it is good to
have a goal.
If
children live with sharing, they learn generosity.
If
children live with honesty, they learn truthfulness.
If
children live with fairness, they learn justice.
If children
live with kindness and consideration, they learn respect.
If
children live with security, they learn to have faith in
themselves and others.
If
children live with friendliness, they learn the world is a
nice place in which to live.