To Be, or not to Be.....

My mother said to me, "If you become a soldier, you'll be a general; if you become a monk, you'll end up as the Pope." Instead, I became a painter and wound up as Picasso.

A little change of pace. This quote just jumped out at me. I don't know how many young people I've worked with who have said that they wished that the adults in their lives would let them be who THEY want to be. And, all too often, later in life, how many of us shed all our expectations and beliefs about who we "should" have been only to find who we really are.

Take some time to listen carefully not only to your own heart but also to the unique person that your child is trying to become!