What do you want your kids to say?

A thought that I have had recently that I just can't shake...what are my kids going to say about me?

Years from now when my kids are talking about me to other people, what are they going to say?

When a topic that I am interested in comes up, will they say, "Oh, Mom has always talked about learning more about that" or "Mom talked for years about how she would love to go there..."?

Or will they say, "Oh, our Mom loved that place so much that she made sure we went there every year!" Or, "Mom had that as her goal and she didn't quit til she hit it!".

I cringe at the thought of my kids telling other people how much I wanted to do a certain thing, but I just never did or how I so wanted to go to a certain place in the world, but I just decided not to. I never want my kids to tell their friends, spouses, and especially my grand kids how I so very much wanted to achieve a certain goal, but I just didn't put the time into it.

I want my kids to say with pride that their mom never gave up. I want them to see me not only doing what I need to do every day for them and their father, but also working on things that grow me as a person. I want them to hear me talk about my goals, to see my plans written out, to see me hit obstacles, but never actually stop moving. I want them to be so a part of my goals that they are as excited as I am when I achieve them! I want them to see that with the right plans and especially with the right mindset that they can accomplish anything.

Friends, what are your kids going to say about you?? This thought is not meant to scare anyone...but it is probably making some of you a little uncomfortable and that's a good thing. We should be putting serious thought into how our kids view us and what they learn from our actions. So do that this week. Do you think your kids admire you, respect you, want to imitate you?

I think we all need to take a step back and really dwell on this. If we are talking about goals we have, dreams we wish we could reach, places we would love to go, but we never put any action into that, what are we teaching our kids??

We are in a brand new decade guys...let's start having some new mindsets! Let's start doing the things instead of just talking about them! What we say every day and what we do every day not only affects us and our outcomes, but it even more so affects our kids' mindset and goals. So...let's do the things!