lessons from a bike ride

At the beginning of today’s bike ride, Max was in the rear … needing a drink every 2 minutes … saying, “My legs hurt.” We had a pep talk. We agreed that we would stop together as a family occasionally (in the shade of a tree!) for drink breaks. We reinforced the power of positive thinking by having him say to himself, “I am strong. I can do it.” The result… Max was in the lead, repeating these phrases over and over with a huge smile on his face. Changing your words & your attitude really changes your world!

As I mom, I realize it’s way easy to teach these principles to my children than to live them. Oh, how I try. This was a great reminder to teach the principle of positive thinking by example. “I do hard things! I work hard for my family because I love them!”