Cut people some slack, everyone is entitled to a bad day.


17-20



Sometimes you have to put aside how you feel about a person and objectively look at how their actions show how they feel about *you.*


16



Go on a tour of the Kennedy Center. Free guided tours through Friends of the Kennedy Center.


10



Anything can be an opportunity for you to grow if you approach it with the right mindset. “What can I learn” “How can I turn this into a way to advance my goals?” I know, it’s kinda corny but it’s true. Your attitude is everything.


8, 10, 14, 18, 21



Find an activity / sport that they enjoy and support it. Get them outside and in the fresh air.


6-16



Be mindful of privilege. Discuss the concept, point it out where you see it.


11-18



Practice road-rage roll playing. People are NUTS! It's hard to imagine how you'll react when someone gets aggressive with you. Let's practice staying calm when someone is shouting and in your face.


15-17



Book “8 Candles and a Tree” about celebrating interfaith holidays.


7



Don't say anything out loud that you wouldn't want repeated or overheard. Don't email / text, etc. anything that you wouldn't want forwarded.


11-15



1

“The Guy in the Glass” poem by Dale Wimbrow_______ When you get what you want in your struggle for pelf,__ And the world makes you King for a day,___ Then go to the mirror and look at yourself,___ And see what that guy has to say. ____ For it isn’t your Father, or Mother, or Wife,____ Who judgement upon you must pass. The feller whose verdict counts most in your life____ Is the guy staring back from the glass. He’s the feller to please, never mind all the rest, For he’s with you clear up to the end, And you’ve passed your most dangerous, difficult test If the guy in the glass is your friend. You may be like Jack Horner and “chisel” a plum, And think you’re a wonderful guy, But the man in the glass says you’re only a bum If you can’t look him straight in the eye. You can fool the whole world down the pathway of years, And get pats on the back as you pass, But your final reward will be heartaches and tears If you’ve cheated the guy in the glass.


15



Talking to people you disagree with is sometimes difficult. But it doesn’t have to be. Enter every conversion assuming you have something to learn.


14, 18, 21



I really want to see Totfino, BC. There’s no one I’d rather see it with than you. xoxo


20



Music, arts, words or dancing can have a profound effect on the spirit. Let's find something that gives you chills!


11-14



Not all babies are born healthy. There’s grief over that, a painful letting go of hopes and expectations, but eventually parents begin to dream different dreams for their baby. You have it within you to love deeply


21



Educate yourself. You can't solve a problem if you don't understand it.


14-21



When you know better, do better. No one is born a fully actualized human being! We are all in the process of becoming who we wish to be.


16, 21



I highly recommend you read The Crane Wife by CJ Houser.


15, 17, 19, 21



Help him write a letter to someone in power if he has a question or concern about something he sees going on in the world.


7-11



Adjust your expectations but never lower your standards.


12, 15, 18, 21



Read Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson together.


17



Guard your health and fitness as if it were your most valuable possession. (It is.)


14, 17, 21



"Make yourself proud." Teach them to take pride in themselves - in their work, their behavior. Everything from a 3 year-old making her bed to a 10 year-old's homework. If they learn to keep going until they're satisfied it's done well, they won't need us to keep after them.


4



I’m parenting as in most things, staying calm is more than half the battle. Practice keeping your cool in all situations. No yelling blaming freaking out or meanness. Calm rules the day.


1, 21



Action is the antidote to anxiety.


12, 14, 17, 21



“It takes about 20 years to build a reputation and 5 minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you’ll do things differently.” - Warren Buffett


12, 14, 16, 19, 21



Open a Bank Account


8-12



Read “Spare” by Prince Harry.


20



Birds of a feather flock together


14



Remember that whoever you’re grieving would only want the best for you.


20