I LOVE this video my Aunt Gayle in Canada sent me today! What I love even more is that it came to me only moments after having an hour long conversation with my older son who was struggling with accepting himself. It pains me so much when I watch my boys feel that they are not good enough....that their difference is not wonderful. Watch this video and be inspired to embrace difference.
Now isn't that an amazing show of acceptance and community? My boys and I watched it twice and then with tears in my eyes I said, "This is what I mean when I say 'Trust your wings and be free!' When you trust who you are inside, you catch fire and there is nothing you can't do. It's when your difference becomes 'wonderful'!"
I have a feeling I'm not the only Mom or parent out there that struggles with helping their children see how wonderful they are to us and others. I have told my boys so many times that there never has been and never will be another person like them on the earth that they now roll their eyes when I say it to them. How do you prove to your own kids that they are good enough and that they don't need to try so hard to be something they are not? I would love to hear your comments. I was so saddened today when my son said, "Mom it's more important that people like me than if I like myself."