My Kids Share Their Top Two Life Lessons

"Life Lessons" photo by Luke Austin Daugherty Copyright 2014

Last week, I gave my four youngest kids a little assignment. I asked them to consider the two most important life lessons they have acquired during their tenure on planet Earth thus far and write them down in brief. They each spent some time working on their answers independently. Here is what they came up with. Being that they are raised in the same household, a couple reoccurring themes surfaced. Maybe there is something here you can use in your own life, no matter what your age may be :) 

Nathanael- 14 years old:

 

1. Don’t waste time on something or someone who is not worth it. Focus on what you are doing.
2. If you want to do something, then do it.

 

Caleb- 14 years old:

 

1. When studying anything, look at the facts.
2. Live in the now.

 

Lydia- 13 years old:

 

1. Don’t live in the future or the past. Live in the present.
2. Every yes to one thing is a no to something else. Every no to one thing is a yes to something else.

 

Charity- 10 years old:

1. Don’t let people talk you in to something you don’t want to do.
2. Every yes in life is a no to something else. Every no in life is a yes to something else.