This list came from a post from Community of Mindful Parents
What we wish someone had taught us:
- The importance of showing up reliably, doing your best
- To take advantage of great opportunities
- How to turn a traumatic experience into something to grow from
- How to trust your own instincts (not override them)
- Making mistakes is important
- That I’m good enough. Self-esteem. Self-love
- You don’t have to change the world to be successful or happy
- Communicate what you feel and not what you think someone wants to hear
- Appreciate the wisdom of your parents and elders
- Appreciate the present moment rather than focusing on the future or the past
- Everything always works out
- The power of saving money and compound interest
- There’s value in being patient rather than rushing through things
- Enjoy your present company and the relationships you have
- It’s okay to be sensitive
- Empathic capabilities
- How to handle conflict
- Not to be fearful. To try
- To trust internal wisdom
- Fiscal responsibility
- Confidence
- Include yourself on your list of people you love
- A grateful heart
- Courage to go for your dreams
- Courage to accept when you don’t achieve your dreams
- Follow your bliss and enjoy life
- There are no stupid questions
- Listen from the perspective of who you are communicating with.
- How to calm yourself when agitated or stressed.
- How to spell!
- How to be empathic and careful and conscious of the consequences of words.
- Be present – in the moment you’re in.
- Encourage first, teach second.
- How to sort through thoughts and emotions.
- How to figure out what I really want.
- That emotional intelligence is just as important as cognitive intelligence
- How to think ahead.
