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Top 15 Things You Hope You Have Given Your Child the Opportunity To Learn » 03_18_2007

• Be brave enough to love.
• Strong enough to forgive.
• Generous enough to rejoice in another’s happiness.
• Wise enough to know that there is enough love to go around for all of us.
• Whole enough so he can give himself away, his time, money, and strength to others and not feel diminished when he does so.
• Secure enough to come to terms with her own limitations, know who she is and who she is not, and what she can and cannot do.
• Brave enough to let go of unrealistic dreams and expectations and not feel like a failure for doing so.
• Strong enough to suffer a loss and still feel like a complete person.
• Wise enough to rise beyond the need to pretend to be perfect, and rise above the fear that he will be rejected for not being perfect.
• Know that the challenge of being human is so great that no one gets it right every time and it is our responsibility to struggle between right and wrong.
• Noble enough to focus on resilience rather than weakness. Own your part, evaluate your behavior, and move on. To learn from mistakes.
• Honorable enough to take actions that do not diminish his self-worth or the self-worth of others.