Quote #10.
Monday, March 7, 2011 at 07:30AM Wow. Already ten weeks into 2011? Here's this week's quote:
Take chances. Make mistakes. Get messy. – Ms. Frizzle in The Magic School Bus series
As is usual, I’ve been thinking about homeschooling a lot lately…tweaking our plans and approaches. I’m very much looking forward to continuing down this path we’re on. This quote will help me. You see, on the whole, I’m a rather low risk sort of person…I prefer to stick to things I know and keep my feet on the ground…to *know* and not guess…to keep things orderly. In this, at least one of my boys is just like me. At least one is, um, not. I’d be lying if I said there aren’t times when this poses quite a challenge for me. I’ve struggled with it. Plenty. Trying to figure out how to think differently, how to be okay with getting things wrong, how to embrace exuberance.
What I’ve found is that it works out much better for me when I choose to look at this difference in approach as an opportunity to learn rather than as a challenge to be overcome. (Incidentally, over the weekend, I came across this blog post that says it so perfectly.) So. While I love tidiness and security, I know now that I want to encourage my boys to take more chances…to make their own mistakes…and to (occasionally) get messy. I want to arm them with the courage to think outside the box and try new ways of thinking…to grow. To do that, I have to do it also. Here goes…
2011 Quotes
Reader Comments (1)
I remember the Magic School Bus books from when I was a kid. Good luck revelling in 'mess'. :)