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Items needed:\n\u2022 pen\/pencil and paper (or you could type it on the computer if that\u2019s more your style)
\n\u2022 and some personal quiet time\/space where you can think and won\u2019t be interrupted.<\/p>\n
Items needed:
\n\u2022 pen\/pencil and paper (or you could type it on the computer if that\u2019s more your style)
\n\u2022 and some personal quiet time\/space where you can think and won\u2019t be interrupted.<\/p>\n
STEP 1<\/u>: Mothers:<\/strong> Write down the character traits that you want your daughter(s) to have when they are grown women. Be specific, but only things related to character.<\/p>\n For instance, \u201csuccessful\u201d is not specific or character related, however, \u201cbeing compassionate\u201d is.<\/p>\n STEP 2<\/u>: Look at the list and circle the character traits you have in yourself.<\/p>\n Are you modeling the character traits you want your child(ren) to have?<\/p>\n KEY POINT: In case you\u2019re feeling like a failure at this moment, Maybe you haven\u2019t ever really thought about all of this.<\/p>\n Maybe you\u2019re just doing what you learned from your parents\u2026<\/p>\n Maybe you aren\u2019t doing everything you can\/should be doing\u2026<\/p>\n but that doesn\u2019t mean you\u2019re a failure\u2026 You see, we all come from imperfect families They didn\u2019t do things \u201cexactly right\u201d and It shaped who we became\u2026<\/p>\n But WE choose who we will be from this moment on.<\/p>\n We choose if we will stay a victim to our past We choose, each day, one little choice at a time This seemingly simple challenge was to attempt to help us see objectively, Each one of us wants our child(ren) to grow up We teach, we train, we guide, We pray over them.<\/p>\n We cry over them.<\/p>\n We have dreams for them.<\/p>\n We correct, encourage, and challenge them It\u2019s our heart\u2019s desire for them to not just live, But, often something huge gets in the way\u2026 us!<\/p>\n Like our parents before us, We don\u2019t do everything right.<\/p>\n We don\u2019t always set a good example But we don\u2019t have to stay where we were\u2026 My hope, and prayer, That the excuses and blame-game You\u00a0choose who you are going to be from this day forward.<\/p>\n No one else.<\/p>\n YOU.<\/strong><\/p>\n Now get out there and make your life what it should be!<\/p>\n Items needed: \u2022 pen\/pencil and paper (or you could type it on the computer if that\u2019s more your style) \u2022 and some personal quiet time\/space where you can think and won\u2019t be interrupted. STEP 1: Fathers: Write down the character traits that you want your son(s) to have when they are grown men. If you […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1136,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,8,9,14],"tags":[21,28,29,57,58,59,70],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staceetaft.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1125"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staceetaft.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staceetaft.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staceetaft.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staceetaft.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1125"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staceetaft.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1125\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staceetaft.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staceetaft.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staceetaft.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staceetaft.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nFathers:<\/strong> Write down the character traits that you want your son(s) to have when they are grown men.
\nIf you only have daughters, then write down the character traits that you want your son(s)-in-law to have.<\/p>\n
\nIf you only have sons, then write down the character traits that you want your daughter(s)-in-law to have.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Still in in your personal quiet spot, assess your own life.<\/p>\n![\"Stacee](\"http:\/\/staceetaft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/20050806_089-225x300.jpg\")
\n<\/strong>If we don\u2019t have these character traits in ourselves
\nand aren\u2019t modeling them in our own lives,
\nhow in the world are our children going to learn them from us.
\nPositive character traits don\u2019t typically come naturally or \u201cjust happen\u201d.
\nThey take hard work.<\/p>\n
\nas I was when I did this\u2026 stop that!
\nPity parties and regret won\u2019t help you get to where you want\/need to be!<\/p>\n
\nIt means you have a choice to make!<\/strong><\/p>\n![\"Stacee](\"http:\/\/staceetaft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Binney-Bailey-Byram_families-300x245.jpg\")
\nlead by imperfect parents.<\/p>\n
\nwe are molded and shaped by that and other factors.<\/p>\n
\nor move on toward learning how to thrive.<\/p>\n
\nwhether we are going to stay in our old ruts
\nor start to move out of them\u2026
\nsometimes slowly,
\nsometimes in one big \u201cif I don\u2019t do it quick it will never happen\u201d jump.<\/p>\n![\"Face](\"http:\/\/staceetaft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/20070727_0248-300x201.jpg\")
\nwithout us getting defensive,
\nhow we are doing at setting a good example for our child(ren).<\/p>\n
\nto be the very best they can be,
\nto achieve the goals that we know they are capable of,
\nto strive for personal success,
\nto be better than we are.<\/p>\n
\nwe speak words of wisdom and truth endlessly to them.<\/p>\n![\"My](\"http:\/\/staceetaft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/20050810_1224-225x300.jpg\")
\nto be better today than they were yesterday.<\/p>\n
\nbut to thrive as adults.<\/p>\n
\nwe\u2019re not perfect parents.<\/p>\n
\nof what we want our child(ren) to be\/do.<\/p>\n![\"\u00a9](\"http:\/\/staceetaft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/NBP_GF-2015_0598-200x300.jpg\")
\nwe can grow and mature and learn to thrive, too.<\/p>\n
\nis that each one of you reading this
\nmakes a choice to live today better than you lived yesterday.<\/p>\n
\nand whatever else is holding you back
\nfrom becoming the person YOU were created to be\u2026
\nwill no longer have a hold on you.<\/p>\n![\"Stacee](\"http:\/\/staceetaft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/20150619_104033-720x405.jpg\")