Positive Affirmation – Self Reflection Exercise
My children are very valuable to me. Children are the future of the world, and it indeed is my responsibility to teach my children valuable lessons for tomorrow and prepare them for the future.
As a responsible parent I take my parenting job very seriously. There are always friends and other resourceful people around but ultimately it is me who has got a big hand in raising good and responsible citizens.
I go about my parenting job very seriously, when the new week starts I have with me clear plans on what and how to teach my children that week. The lessons which will impart social skills and the lessons which will provide academic knowledge are all clearly written down. Activity schedules for the family is in place that promotes valuable learning.
I realize that I am a role model for my children and my children watches me and absorb like a sponge what they see and what I teach them. I carry myself and present to my children the role which I want them to model from.
I am teaching and letting my children experience grace by being understanding and forgiving to their flaws. I teach them the value of not committing the same mistakes again. I ensure that they always feel my unconditional love for them.
Occasionally I take my children out to perform charity work with me so that they understand the value of giving. From happily donating items to people in need to humbly picking up litter, my children learns from all these activities that the world belongs to us and it is up to us to take good care of it and the people in it.
The lessons which I am teaching my children today and what they are learning from their experiences with me will help them throughout their adult life. Because of the good habits they pick up they are comfortable in expressing their opinions by being themselves.
Today, I choose to do everything in my power to ensure my children transforms into well balanced individuals. I lead by setting examples to follow and create opportunities for learning.
Self-Reflection Questions:
- What are my children learning from the examples set by me?
- What can I do to cultivate good habits in my children more and more?
- How can I continuously plan ahead for fruitful, valuable and enjoyable family activities?
Many people think that as one gets older nothing much can be done about the brain or mind activity slowing down, when actually it is possible to maintain a healthy brain activity level no matter whatever the age. The most important thing is not to give up thinking it is too late and to start now.
It is never too late for improving your health, both body and mind!
An overall sound health includes both body and mind. Not just your physical body but your mind equally matters too. What is happening is that people tend to focus more on things like blood pressure, cholesterol level and body weight. These are no doubt important but equal importance needs to be given to brain health activities too.
Brain Health Activities
Some of the most effective ways to let your brain continue to be active includes:
- Join a course or class of your choice and interest.
- Learning a new language presents new challenges to your brain.
- Reading keeps your brain active so as to process the information.
- Writing keeps your brain busy so as to produce information.
- Get into research and acquire knowledge about things of your interest.
- Get into challenging games like sudoku, crosswords and other different types of puzzle games.
- Attend and participate in cultural events and plays even.
- Interact and talk to other intellectual individuals who share your views.
Your brain is directly responsible for all your actions and thought processing each day, hence it is only vital that you take utmost care of it and use it wisely.
Exercising your brain does not require any physical energy or stamina, unlike physical exercise. Even if you may not be in a physically fit condition due to age or health, you would still be able to do something being mentally active. Even if you happen to be in a wheelchair or bed ridden, it is very important you realize that you can still do lots by being mentally active and not give up.
Do allow others to help you.
Your journey will be easier if you have around you people who support you. It is naturally easier to succeed faster if you have a support system backing you. Join a program together, have discussions about intellectual pursuits, explore and learn new things with your friends and family.
You could play together board games which exercises your mind, there are so many types available. Forming a group of like minded people together to play the games regularly will help everyone keep mentally active and healthy. And not to forget all the fun which you will have together.
Maybe you live alone or do not have many people close to you? the internet brings to your fingertips many interesting varieties of brain exercising activities, and the best part is that many are free. You could also get involved and interact with many others on the internet message boards, forums and the many social networking sites available, where you can exercise your brain and creativity to make the interactions interesting and enjoyable.
You are almost guaranteed to find people who share your interest on the internet, and everyone gathers together at a common meeting place like a forum where you can engage in intensive discussions for as long as you like and interact with as many people as you like. This will infuse joy in your life and keep your brain stimulated and active.
Since your brain is so critically important to the proper functioning of your whole body and decision making ability do not forget to take care of it, as many people do by focusing only on the physical health. Know that both your mind and body are equally important and you’ll ensure that the whole ‘you’ remain healthy, active and happy.
