Would you want to be a child again?

Or are you going to be content with being a child at heart?

Over the last few days I have talked to a few moms whose teen daughters are returning to school. Some of these young girls are starting high school.  While I have no children of my own, I can vividly remember what it was like to be that teenager.  As I look back with my new wisdom of age, I can now relate  to what my own mom had to put up with back then.  I was moody, irrational, unsecure.  Really, and mercifully, the only thing I had going for me is that I was a good student.  What energy it took to live (or muddle through)!  Youth is wasted on the young–I know that now that my body is transforming, the pieces not quite so effortlessly working together as they used to!!

When I look at these young girls and their mothers today, I think I would not go back to being child since that would entail having to go through adolescence again.  I will be happy being a child at heart…

I wish we could share wisdom with those young girls–but I am afraid that the best we can do is be present for them and remember that we have been through it ourselves, and that we managed to blossom into amazing women.  So, dear friends, take heart in the wisdom of our age…and know that one day, thanks to your magnificent efforts, your own daughters will be strong, self-confident women with a brilliant heart and future.

Life is Amazing! Live Well.

Anna Grassini

www.lifeinbalancecoach.com

Smiling at yourself!

So how did if feel to give compliments to others yesterday? Some of you may have found it natural, others had to try a little harder.  I hope it was a satisfying experiment.

I read in several magazines that there is research showing the benefits of smiling.  I think we can believe that.  So what would happen if today we just tried the experiment for ourselves.  As you are at work or around your friends or family or even strangers, can you try to put a smile on your face? How does it feel? What reactions are you getting? Does it help look at your day in a new light?  What if the woman in the mirror was smiling?

Here is a poem to think about looking at yourself in the mirror(Anonymous)

The Woman in the Glass

When you get what you want as you struggle for self
And the world makes you queen for a day,
Just go to the mirror and look at yourself,
And see what that woman has to say. For it isn’t your father or mother or husband
Who’s judgement upon you must pass;
The person whose verdict counts most in your life
Is the one staring back from the glass. She’s the person to please, never mind all the rest,
For she’s with you clear up to the end.
And you’ve passed your most dangerous, difficult test
If the woman in the glass if your friend.

You may fool the whole world down the pathway of life,
And get pats on your back as you pass.
But your final reward will be heartache and tears
If you’ve cheated the woman in the glass.

So smile away!

Life is Amazing! Live Well,

Anna

www.lifeinbalancecoach.com

A smiling exercise

What impact can a compliment make? My mom, who recently spent 25 days in the hospital, this morning looked at my blog for the first time! (Thanks mom!)  She then sent me an email saying that I am like an injection, no even better, like an intravenous IV, of good humour and hope! Well, I had not thought of myself as a medicine before–and it is a unique compliment, but it most certainly put a smile on my face. 

So, will you try it on someone today? Nice shoes, lovely bag, what a great smile, like your haircut, you look lovely…it does not have to be difficult or as ingenious as the one my mom crafted!  I’d love to hear how your experiment goes and if it puts a smile on your face.

Life is Amazing! Live Well,

Anna

www.lifeinbalance.com