DWELL in the POSSIBILITIES

Today I was inspired by a quote on my wall that reads "Dwell in the possibilities". I Love the message that this quote sends and the encouragement that it gives. I have constantly lived in amazement at all that Jim can accomplish and his "can do it" attitude. He always approaches everything that people ask him to do and all the things I come up with and simply says "ya I can do that" or " we can figure it out" What an amazing thing. Then I think, Well why couldn't we do all these things. We have been created in the very image of God. We have a heavenly spirit in each of us and if we choose to have faith in those things there should be NOTHING that we cant do. I have loved watching this in my husband and it makes me even more excited when I see it developing already in Xander. He is always saying "I can do it! I can do it!" He loves the independence and through that independence he grows so quickly and dwells in the possibilities of all that he can do every day. I am a believer in that our children can only stretch as far as we allow them to. If we create an environment for our children that encourages them to try new things and not be afraid of life happening around them but instead to make life happen the way that they want around them I feel they would have a lot more success. It all rests on us as parents. To show our children that we are excited for new things and the promise of what tomorrow can bring into our lives. To find Excitement in the little things that we see every day. In short its important for us to be more like these wonderful little people we are blessed with naturally are. Children are naturally curious, they love to explore and to touch, to taste and to see, to hear and to feel things. Xander's newest discovery is that he can hear things that he cant see. He loves to to hold still and listen. Then he will pipe up and say "Mom I hear something with my ears!" "What is it?" So I explain what it is that he is hearing and often times if we can we will go and find what it is that we hear. And guaranteed the next time he hears that sound he tells me what it is and where to find it. He is discovering his love for books and music and he loves to find new books at the library and bring them home and tirelessly turn through the pages and learn everything he can from the book. I have seen him learn a word from a new book and later in the day start using it correctly in his speech. I watched him yesterday as he was listening to my EFY music with me doing dishes, he started to sing. He caught on that the chorus is repeated and he started to sing the words to the chorus out loud. 

Children will always dwell in the possibilities that we can teach them from our past experience, some that they can learn from whatever is around them right now, and millions that shine on the horizon of what tomorrow can bring. All we have to do is encourage them to take the chances and help them to succeed when they do. If we do this, we will create the leaders of tomorrow that we will be proud to follow into eternity!