Lessons my children teach me #2: Keep trying every day...

...hold you head up high and you'll find a way.


Years ago, Netanel used to watch a show called the doodlebops. Each episode had a theme, and a song associated with the theme. One of the more memorable tunes was "Keep Trying" .

Recently, I purchased a tummy time mat for Leah, with toys that get tied on to the mat itself

I am always putting her with the toys slightly out of reach, hoping she will try to reach for them.  She thinks the game is quite fun, and she keeps trying.  Today I noticed she took a different approach.  instead of reaching out with her hands, she started scrunching the mat with her hand, slowly pulling the toys closer.   While it never made it into her hand, the ingenuity was astonishing.  I am such a proud Mamma.

She had the right idea.  In life, sometimes the 'accepted way' is not the right way for the individual.  We have to look inside ourselves, find which was of accomplishing a task is best suited to our skills and temperament and try new things all the time.  Only by thinking outside the box can we learn to move forward.