One adult who said “you’re smarter than you think” can echo for years. Remember who that was for you.
GRATITUDE
WHAT THIS MEANS
A single sentence from an adult at the right moment can set the ceiling a person believes in for years. It works because children take outside descriptions as facts, and one credible voice can outweigh a lot of evidence to the contrary. Most of the people who did this have no idea they did it.
Take a minute to remember who yours was. If they are reachable, tell them, because that kind of message is rarely sent and always kept. Then notice that you are now old enough to be that voice for somebody younger.
A QUESTION TO SIT WITH
Which adult said something about you that you still carry?
MORE IN TRUST, LOYALTY & RELATIONSHIPS
- Everybody you pass has at least one story that would change how you see them. Ask for it.
- The recipe your aunt never wrote down is a family library with one copy. Stand in the kitchen and watch.
- Your grandfather can sharpen a knife, fix a zipper and read the sky. When he’s gone, so is the tutorial. Ask now.
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