The wisdom of teenagers
My daughter whacked me over the head with her words the other day. She said, "Mom, you're too old not to be doing what you love ." It shook me to the core because she is almost 18 and so wise. I've been asking myself if I'm living out my life the way I'm supposed to. Am I just floating along being safe because I can? I'm afraid to try - that's all. It took my teenager to tell me the obvious. Here is the column I wrote for the paper that came out the day after she told me her little nugget of wisdom. Slaying that negative voice in your head to attain your dreams I wish that when I was born I would have had a written set of rules. These rules would layout in black and white just what I will achieve, what I will strive for and what I should never try. We all know I will never go to Europe and bring home funky salvage to resell – or will I? This dream seems far-fetched and ridiculous but has a grain of reality to it because it would be something I l...