Trust & Courage

When my youngest son was 9 years old we lived in an affluent Long Island community in New York. Each morning I watched my son leave the house gingerly and walk to school. We were within walking distance and I trusted my son, the community, and the universe to make sure he would arrive and come home safely each day. I’ve learned as a parent that there are certain things we have control over with our children and there are things way beyond our control. I learned that although I could see this little person walk off to school, I could not control his thoughts, or what happened to him during the school day, or even on the walk to and from school. There were certain things I could control and those I worked on diligently.
I learned I could control the quality of our conversations at home, the foods we ate at home, and that I could teach and model an attitude of gratitude, caring, generosity, compassion, love, trust and courage. These were things within my control.

I taught him to trust himself. I taught him to trust his intuition and his gut. I taught him to listen to that feeling that said, “ This isn’t right” or “ This isn’t for me”. I taught him that it takes courage to follow your intuition as it often goes contrary to the herd or group mentality and can leave you alone and questioning whether or not, trusting your intuition was the “right action” to take.

By teaching him to trust himself and his judgement, he was labeled “Obstinate Defiant” by his teachers. At that time I taught Language Arts for a New York City Middle School, and knowing what I knew about education, teachers, teacher training and the bureaucracy and business of education, I was furious. It took a lot of effort on my end to make sure that label did not stick.

Today, he is a young man who I am fiercely proud of. He is courageous, honors his word, respectful and intentional. He is a leader and his peers now look up to him. The price he paid for this was being a child who at times felt lonely, marched to a different drummer, had other children ignore him and think his ideas strange.

Herd mentality leads us to a life controlled by others, where we willing give our power to outside forces, and look without rather than within.

Today, and every day, begin to look within and trust yourself and your intuition. Be courageous with yourself. Follow your lead. In hindsight, you’ll see it was always the best choice.

In closing, my intention is that anyone reading this, will begin to see what is happening around us, politically, economically, socially, intellectually. We are walking down a dangerous path and will need to wake up and stand up for our beliefs. We can not wait for a Hero/ Heroine to save us. We need to be courageous, and aware. We need to stand up for what we know is intrinsically right. Let’s be mindful of what we do. Make it your goal to bring awareness to your own thoughts and deeds. That is the first step in creating any lasting change.

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