Words of wisdom that never grow old or out of date

[senior citizen]

Words of wisdom that never grow old....or out of date.
Food for thought for today's modern generation.........

Like, "Who is home minding the children in their formative years?"

Below is really so simple........and most of us have raised our children with love and kindness, which in turn creates a next generation that is also loving and peaceful.

Children Learn What They Live
By Dorothy Law Nolte, Ph.D.

If children live with criticism, they learn to condemn.
If children live with hostility, they learn to fight.
If children live with fear, they learn to be apprehensive.
If children live with pity, they learn to feel sorry for themselves.
If children live with ridicule, they learn to feel shy.
If children live with jealousy, they learn to feel envy.
If children live with shame, they learn to feel guilty.
If children live with encouragement, they learn confidence.
If children live with tolerance, they learn patience.
If children live with praise, they learn appreciation.
If children live with acceptance, they learn to love.
If children live with approval, they learn to like themselves.
If children live with recognition, they learn it is good to have a goal.
If children live with sharing, they learn generosity.
If children live with honesty, they learn truthfulness.
If children live with fairness, they learn justice.
If children live with kindness and consideration, they learn respect.
If children live with security, they learn to have faith in themselves and in those about them.
If children live with friendliness, they learn the world is a nice place in which to live.

[kittygilchrist]

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[graciegirl]

If children are turned over very early to people that their parents would not trust with their car keys, things aren't going to go well.

[Villages PL]

I hesitate to add one more to the list but, what the heck, I'll do it! :duck:

If children live with junk-food, they will learn to eat junk food and it will often become a life-long habit and/or tradition.

[Patty55]

The three lifelaws that I always tell the children in my family...

1-Whenever anyone says it's the principle, not the money, YOU KNOW IT'S THE MONEY.

2-When someone shows you who they are believe them the first time. (Maya Angelou)

3-Don't take your good china to a picnic.

There are actually four lifelaws, but I'm not in the mood to be flamed today. We will discuss it at the next clique meeting.

[graciegirl]

I guessed wrong.

[2BNTV]

DESIDERATA:
Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible without surrender, be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly, and listen to others, even the dull and the ignorant, they too have their story. Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexations to the spirit.

If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain and bitter, for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.

Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans. Keep interested in your own career, however humble, it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time. Exercise caution in your business affairs, for the world is full of trickery. But let this not blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideals, and everywhere life is full of heroism.

Be yourself. Especially, do not feign affection. Neither be cynical about love, for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment, it is as perennial as the grass.

Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth. Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings. Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.

Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars, you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should. Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be, and whatever your labors and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul. With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world.
Be cheerful. Strive to be happy.