Carol Moehrle
Act as if it were impossible to fail
—Dorothea Brande
A few weeks ago, we were fortunate to have our grandkids spend the weekend with us. I love those special times and I amm amazed that some of their favorite things to do while at Nana and Papa’s are things we have done for years.
I was hoping to sleep outside in a tent, but the weather didn’t cooperate. So we took on the task of putting the tent up in the basement.
After a period of frustration with only myself, a six-year-old, and a four-year-old working on together, I was about to give up and call in the reinforcements. It was at that very moment that the four-year-old looked me straight in the eye and said, “You can do it Nana. You can do it.”
That little bit of encouragement from a four-year-old made me think it was impossible to fail in the eyes of these children.
I’ve thought of this many times since then, mainly because I usually think that as the adult I give the words of encouragement. But if we listen, the children around us will often encourage us to the point where we as adults “Act as if it were impossible to fail.”
Pattern the behavior and children will return it to you. Show them it’s impossible to fail.
b-Resilient