Dear Parents,
This week on the beach we experienced some really big waves, and a very strong current. With my extreme rafting technique, I would jump on a wave and it would take me all the way into shore. From where I was standing I tried to walk back to where my kids were surfing, right on the line where the waves were breaking. The tide was so strong, however, that I found myself working really hard and getting nowhere.
This happens in life too sometimes. You find yourself working really hard to accomplish something, to make something happen, and everything seems to be pushing against you and you get nowhere. What are you to do?
It took me a while to figure this out. The first step is to just stop moving. When I stopped moving I realized that the tide was pulling really strongly in the opposite direction of where I wanted to go. Next, I just got out of the water and walked along the shore, back in the direction that I wanted to go. Now here's where I finally got really clever... I walked past where I wanted to go, and then entered the water. This way the tide pulled me exactly where I wanted to go. Lesson learned, rather than working against the tide, figure out how I can get the tide to work for me!
To Your Family,
Jane Cabrera
The Parent Success Coach
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