A while ago I encouraged my daughter Zara not to listen to a friend who wanted her to do something that she didn’t feel good about.
“Trust yourself and listen to yourself,” I said to her.
It made perfect sense.
Then recently Zara didn’t want to take part in a ski camp that I knew she’d love and would be great for her skiing.
“I don’t want to do it, you told me to listen to myself,” she said to me.
She’s a sharp thinker!
The reality is that we need to listen to ourselves, but we also at times need to listen to others.
I guess the filter then is trust; listen to those you trust have both your best interests at heart AND have the knowledge to know what’s best.
They need to have both.
It’s a good lesson for kids, and for us older kids too.
(Zara’s loved the ski camp BTW as I knew she would!)
No matter where you look, all ancient wisdom points to one thing…
We don’t always take the straight path. Sometimes we take the long road. Or no road at all.
Recently I’ve been making a conscious effort to say nice things to people.