Learning more...

     I'm learning more and more each day, after all everyday is a training day!  At least that's what my dad taught me, that everyday is a training day.  In some way, shape, or form we all learn something everyday.  Now what we do with what we learn is left up to us as individuals.  I've decided that I want to use whatever it is I learn everyday for the betterment of me and my family.  With that thought process, I realize that this isn't the easy road!  Sometimes I wish I could go with the easy road because it's exhausting to stand for what you know is right.  At times I feel like I can't keep fighting for what I know in my heart and soul to be right but giving in is NOT an option.  I couldn't live with myself if I gave in just because it was easier.  I can hear my dad, "Suck it up buttercup!" So I will because that's what a daddy's girl does!

     I've come to the realization that not everyone can or will stand up for their beliefs.  I don't understand this and believe me I've tried!  So here's my thoughts...if you love someone, be it your family or friend, then you love all of them.  You don't just love them when it's convenient for you or when they believe or think like you, you love them for who they are.  What I don't understand is that most people don't feel like they can be who they really are for fear of hurting someone's feelings.  Really!?  Have we become a society so worried about hurting someone's feelings that we will sway whatever direction to make them feel more comfortable?  It seems to be more and more that way.  Well let me just say that's not me!!!  If you're my family or friend then I'll love you for who you are, not for who I want or think you should be.  My dad told me on more than one occasion that if I didn't agree with him, then he'd done his job as my parent to teach me to be an independent thinker and not be a sheep!  So why do I keep fighting the good fight?  Sometimes I wonder but I can tell you this much...I KEEP ON KEEPIN' ON because that's one of the amazing life lessons that my dad taught me and I must teach that to my 4 boys!

     I will teach them to be independent thinkers and then kick myself when they grow up and don't think just like me!  I will teach them to love those that are close to them no matter what their differences may be and I will teach them to have a "set"!  This is a whole other post about having a "set"...by this I mean teaching my boys to be men, real men.  I'll stop there and write about that later because I could go on and on about this topic!  But most important I will teach them by my actions to KEEP ON KEEPIN' ON!

Trinity