In an age where remaining positive is so tough for ourselves to follow, how do we instill positivity in our own kids? POSITIVITY RECIPES is a serial post to inspire and enlighten ways to a positive attitude!
Yesterday was another roughed up tired evening and as I sat lousily on my couch, my daughter, NITYA came and sat besides, with her all time sweet nothings! In the middle of everything she mentioned that she got FOUR wrongs in the dictation test that morning!
“How many rights dear?”
She sprung out and rushed for her notebook and counted the wrongs and said...
“ One, two , three and four.... FOUR wrongs!”
I insisted again
“ Count the ticked ones”
She started “ one two three.... thirteen rights, BUT mom FOUR wrongs! “
“ AND THIRTEEN RIGHTS” I said with reinforcing the RIGHTS!
She got puzzled...
“Ya, Last year I got only two wrongs so four wrongs are really a lot” trying to prove that her focus was on the right thing... WRONG!
Focus on the wrongs was the right thing for her!
“In any case NINE more rights than the wrongs!”
“So...” she said
I answered “So I mean you ‘THE NITYA’ are more capable than incapable!
And you want to say that ‘THE NITYA’ is incapable! “
Her look was all empty but receptive!
Then I asked her orally the spellings of the words that were right in her test. She said she knew them and more importantly we must learn the wrong ones.
“ I’m happy for the wrong ones because they are the ones you’ll remember for ever”
An oral dictation test again amidst the talk and all of them were right!
“Seventeen rights!”
Hidden but obvious cues was a signal to focus on what she had not on what she didn’t; on what she achieved not what she didn’t!
I’m waiting for another dictation test wish she comes up with her rights!
Number and percentages don’t matter because in her life her ATTITUDE will be the single most important factor influencing her happiness, success and zeal in life!
That’s exactly what I aim to assist her with...an AMAZING ATTITUDE of looking at the POSITIVES in life!
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