Jake and Opa
We rearranged his room last month. He chose a green paint color and we finally bought the paint this week. His Opa is an excellent painter. They made a painting date. Yesterday, they did it! His room is now green, not a green I would choose but a green that he chose because it is his room. I was happy to let him make the changes he did. As a child there are few things you really control in life. Everything is decided by your parents, teachers, or caregivers. I was just fine with him making this change.
As a child I never wanted to change my room. I kept the same blue color and curtains until I moved out on my wedding day. When I made a change it was a lifetime change. It is probably better to make small changes a little at a time!
so often your blogs remind me of a favorite book I like…this on is CHANGE IS GOOD…YOU GO FIRST by Mac Anderson and Tom Feltenstein. I pulled it out today and it most have 20 pages marked with “stickers”! here are some of those that I marked…Jake -Well done!!!
“10 most important words…I WON’T WAIT FOR OTHERS TO TAKE THE FIRST STEP; (9 wds =) IF IT IS TO BE, IT’S UP TO ME…(8 wds =) IT NOT ME, WHO? IF NOT NOW, WHEN?; (7 wds =) LET ME TAKE A SHOT AT IT…(6 wds =) I WILL NOT PASS THE BUCK; (5 wds =) YOU CAN COUNT ON ME; (4 wds =) IT IS MY JOB; (3 wds =) just do it!; (2 wds =) I WILL; (most NB word =) ME” I kid of swallow with the last one…I like the word US because I believe together is better…oh well?!?!?
A couple of other quotes I marked are: from Lily Tomlin, “I always wondered why somebody didn’t do something about that. Then I realized I was somebody.” From Frederick Wilcox, “Progress involves risk. You can’t steal second base and keep you foot on first.”…I make have to go back and read this book again…you’ll love Father Bob’s letter in our newsletter next month!!!