MOM FAIL ALERT And the award for WORST mom in the world goes to...me! I think its no secret that Im a natural born encourager and I see things with a 1/2 glass full perspective. I consider it a gift from God. However, when my daughter came to me and said, Mom, I want to be an olympic gymnast my first response was, Honey, youre too tall. Youll never been able to be an olympic gymnast with your height. Youll be a great gymnast but you wont be able to compete at that level. I had NO idea how much this statement affected her. I said it MONTHS ago. The other night we were watching a movie covering the story of a successful olympic gold medal gymnast and in the movie she yelled at her coach and said, How am I ever supposed to get better if YOU dont believe in me. Madison looked at me and said, Yeah mommy (tears swelling in her eyes) how will I ever get better if YOU dont even believe in me. ARE YOU KIDDING ME? WHAT?! heart = stab Ive always told my kids to shoot for the stars and that they can do ANYTHING God puts in their heart. But the first time my daughter conveyed a HUGE dream in her heart, I told her it wasnt possible because of what? HER HEIGHT? Jesus can turn 5 fish into 5,000 and Im worried about her HEIGHT? Maybe she is too tall. But I should have let her figure that out for herself. The thing she took away was that mommy puts limitations on what shes capable of. Mommy doesnt believe in me. Thats the LAST thing I ever want my kids to think. I know better. And it flew RIGHT out of my mouth without even thinking about it. Which says to me, that I still have some conditioning to do. I still have limiting beliefs inside of me that I need to face. Chances are...in a couple of months shell want to be a fashion designer, pop star or possibly president. My job isnt to decide for her. Its to encourage her that no matter HOW big her dream is, I believe in her and she needs to believe in herself. Next job, is to teach her how to WORK for it. The last few nights weve been working on her moves, doing fitness exercises to build up her olympic strength ;) and eating foods that an olympic gymnast would need to eat for energy. God will do the rest. Hell plant the right seeds in her heart. My job is to WATER them, not judge them. ------------ LESSON LEARNED GOD! I HEAR YOU! Love, your humbled daughter thats failing forward
Posted on: Wed, 08 Oct 2014 21:23:57 +0000
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