Dreams for my kids..

I sat yesterday and watched Ross, my 3 year old son (nearly 4) as he took part in a hip hop dance class for the first time. Isn't it amazing how proud and grateful you can feel?  He was a bit shy at first but got into the class and was doing really well.  Seems like only yesterday I was changing his nappy and feeding him and now he can do cool dance moves!!  Watched my 6 year old daughter Emma doing backflips and somersaults today! Incredible.  They are becoming real little citizens of the world and are growing and learning..life is an adventure and there is a glint in their eyes as they take on new tasks and their self confidence and awareness grows.  Isn't it amazing the attitude we have as kids?  Where, when, why and how do we allow this attitude to be knocked out of us as adults. Is it at school?  Is it at home?  How many times do you hear stories where someone has been told by a teacher, parent or some other person in authority that they need to 'get a real job' or 'stop dreaming' or that they will 'never be able to make a living from that' etc.  I am determined to make sure my kids know that they must follow their dreams and not settle for the norm..cos the norm just aint happening!!  It's no way to live..unfulfilled potential is a sin in my eyes.  Settling for the mediocre and average is not on the agenda.  If I have learned anything this last year, its that there is so much more to life than what we are taught and brain-washed into thinking. Ross and Emma will be encouraged to express themselves and not to think they have to follow the path trodden by the masses.  We were all made to be extraordinary..but we are conditioned to become ordinary.  Well, not while I have a say and can open their eyes to the abundant possibilities of their dreams.

Stay young at heart and keep dreaming....