life lessons that we learn as children that help us when we are adults.

Here are many things that I learned as a child and use now as adult. I find that our lessons as children build our foundations for how I learned to cope with life difficulties as an adult. Maybe you want to add yours. We all could use tools to cope in our daily lives........

Creative thinking

Denial

Playfulness

Fun in solitude

How to make friends

Sharing

Compromise

To rebound for rejection

Enjoying the simple joys in life

How to fight fair

Navigate around rules

To fight for yourself

To accept losses

To sooth oneself.

You can redirect your brain to happier thoughts by fun distractions.

You find your footing by pretending to be assured when your not.

To entertain oneself

To take on limitations or challenges in your path

To trust and love

To laugh at yourself or your own jokes

Being mean is less natural than being kind and in the end takes more out of you and others.

A boo boo heals quicker than hurt feelings.

You can think whatever you want, but you can’t always say whatever you like.

That other people have feelings too.

Fairness is not always fair.

If you want someone to keep a secret maybe it better to keep it to yourself.

To tell the truth is less complex than to tell a lie.

That playing is fun that working tends be just that work.

That most adults do not want to bargan before bedtime, chances of you winning are poor.

A hug goes a long way at making you feel better.

Your parent’s statements stay in your head and heart.

Sometime yelling and crying makes you really feel better.

That family and friends are your lifeline in life.

Giving really does make you happy and the receiver.

A good laugh makes you truly live in the moment.

To be forgiven takes a huge weight off you.

It doesn’t feel good to be angry.

A simple gift like a picked flower from a neighbor garden makes a mom get teary.

The word please and thank-you are words people like.

Why is a simple question, but not always answered so simply.

Ask before you touch people’s stuff.

Looking up at the sky at the night or day is a lot of fun.

To daydream is a wonderful escape from the present.

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Permalink Reply by Sunday on January 10, 2012 at 4:37pm

I have read this before long ago THANK YOU, A great reminder.

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Permalink Reply by Rita on January 10, 2012 at 6:09pm

really, where because I just wrote it all down last night. I guess many people have the same ideas.

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Permalink Reply by Hostess Rise' on January 12, 2012 at 10:13am

Dear Rita

This is beautiful! You have taken your life's lessons and turned it into poetry.

I must admit, I have been thinking about what you have shared and I am not sure I can think of anything to add.

Maybe- something that I need to do is to love more deeply.

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Permalink Reply by Hostess Rise' on January 12, 2012 at 10:13am

Rita is the orignator of this fine work!

Kudos to Rita!

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Permalink Reply by Mark on February 13, 2012 at 1:01pm

Rita, thanks for that list. The internet didn't exist when I became a single parent to my two young sons and I wish that I could have helped them with more of these lessons than I did. But there was one concept conveyed to me as a child - unconditional love - that I was intent on teaching them. We would sit down often and go over this truth, this reassurance that absolutely nothing would ever cause me to stop loving them - both individually and collectively. It turned into a game we would play at random, " I love you a million." "Well I love you a billion." "Ha, I love you a bazillion." .... guess you'd have to have been there. It was loads of fun and over time they came to understand.