Stay with me here, this post is rated PG and I don’t condone any 4-letter words but the one I absolutely hate is so obnoxious, demeanoring, be-littling, non-progressive, haltering, obstructive, paralyzing, and just flat out damaging to one’s personal growth- have you guessed it yet? The word I have banned from my household and the word I am referring to is CAN’T. I hate it with a passion! I believe we were all born for greatness, and when we utter that word we fall so short of our ability and our capacity. Listen, put boldly we are all God’s children, and as his children we have the capability of being tremendous even under our mortal limits. I am sure that to some degree God feels so frustrated when we become satisfied with mediocrity and mundane activity. I say that because as I interact with my kids and I see their potential and then I see them settle or stop their progression, usually, labeled with “I can’t do it!” I become so frustrated myself. As their dad I know for certain that the current task they may struggle with is well within their current ability and I am sure that like I mentioned above God feels the same way.
We firmly believe and teach our kids that anything is possible, and instead of saying “I can’t” we teach them to turn it into a question “How can I?” this becomes more optimistic and the possibilities become endless. That is the mindset we want for our kids for all aspects of life.
We tend to be a little less traditional then most when it comes to thinking and methods of operation. In someways this may have been less effective but in most ways we could not have been more ecstatic about our outcome. The reason for this is we are both very artistic and both want the same things out of life. In raising our kids we are trying to eliminate CAN’T from their vocabulary. Wish us luck.
Quick update: We have been loving the heck out of the Washington Rec Center. Here’s a little tip to anyone interested. We go at night about an hour before close, swim for an hour and have the pool to ourselves pretty much the whole time, bonus: the kids are very tired and spent afterward and walk directly to their beds. Its Great!
Up next: The RSS feed. Stay tuned.
