When I read this for the first time, it hit a nerve, so close to my heart. I printed it off, and put it in my classroom at the time.
All children are unique, they grow into unique adults. If they were all to achieve the same successes, and excel at everything they did, what a boring world we would live in … It’s good that some kids are good at maths, or literacy, and others are great in sport, or the arts. We need those strong in the sciences too, but they don’t have to be top in everything!
Equally we shouldn’t compare them… Two best friends might be polar opposites, academically, and in personality, but their two different halves, make a fantastic whole… Don’t spoil it by comparing them, and playing one off the other, so their friendship inevitably suffers…
Let’s love our children for what they are, not what others expect them to be.
But I Smile Anyway... 
May 30, 2015 @ 07:38:23
Reblogged this on STRAWBERRIES FOREVER and commented:
This was a lovely post from butismileanyway.wordpress.com
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May 30, 2015 @ 07:37:06
This touched my heart. I wish everyone could get this message. I am going to reblog it to gift it to others. Thank you Ritu.
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May 30, 2015 @ 08:42:57
You’re welcome… When I first read it, I felt the same!
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May 30, 2015 @ 07:21:32
Amen!
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May 30, 2015 @ 08:42:27
😊
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May 30, 2015 @ 06:22:12
Reblogged this on cornfedcontessa and commented:
So very true!
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May 30, 2015 @ 08:40:07
Thank you for the reblog! 😊
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May 30, 2015 @ 17:21:18
You are welcome.
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May 30, 2015 @ 17:46:39
😊
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May 30, 2015 @ 01:29:59
Reblogged this on A Momma's View and commented:
I couldn’t agree more!
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May 30, 2015 @ 01:29:31
Ritu, this is amazing! It’s exactly what I believe in! So well put!
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May 30, 2015 @ 08:36:37
It’s such a simple thought, that could change the outlook of many, but so few of us have it…
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May 30, 2015 @ 08:55:19
I agree!
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May 29, 2015 @ 22:09:47
Reblogged this on Listen Through My Heart.
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May 29, 2015 @ 22:16:09
Thank you for the reblog! 😊
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May 29, 2015 @ 18:18:49
And ANOTHER ONE! 😀 Congrats Ritu! http://lifeofanelpasowoman.com/2015/05/29/the-sisterhood-of-the-world-bloggers-award/
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May 29, 2015 @ 18:00:28
I agree with you Ritu. They should all be cherished regardless of their ability. 🙂
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May 29, 2015 @ 18:03:23
I really love this saying 😊
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May 29, 2015 @ 17:52:14
Beautiful Ritu and so very true
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May 29, 2015 @ 18:02:57
Thank you Nimi 😊
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May 29, 2015 @ 14:06:33
Loved that! It’s so true. They’ll find their own place, with their own skills and the path that they’ve chosen. It’s as beautiful as watching a flower blossom, too.
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May 29, 2015 @ 14:28:22
Absolutely Rob! 😊
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May 29, 2015 @ 13:50:33
That is wonderfully said
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May 29, 2015 @ 14:28:05
Thank you Donna! 😊
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May 29, 2015 @ 12:29:26
This is perfect to put up in your classroom.
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May 29, 2015 @ 12:57:05
I shall frame it!
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May 29, 2015 @ 12:13:34
Beautiful!
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May 29, 2015 @ 12:38:31
Isn’t it just! I love it! 😊
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May 29, 2015 @ 11:46:32
That’s a great statement of just accepting and LOVING our children the way we are and not the way we want them!!! Wonderful, Ritu! Thank you!
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May 29, 2015 @ 11:52:55
I firmly believe it… My lil man usntbme academic, but brilliant at other things, and I strife to make him confident, even though his test scores may not be brilliant… And we should all be like that. 😊
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May 29, 2015 @ 12:16:52
I just talked to a friend about that today. Whatever way they might choose unconciously will definitely give them what the need on their further way.
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May 29, 2015 @ 12:39:05
So true! 😊
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May 29, 2015 @ 14:47:13
😉
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May 29, 2015 @ 11:53:08
*strive, not strife!!
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May 29, 2015 @ 12:17:28
😉 no problem… I understood!!! 😀
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May 29, 2015 @ 11:35:00
Here here another great post Ritu. I dont know how you do it you just wiggle your fingers and magic comes out😊
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May 29, 2015 @ 11:51:33
Like the late Tommy Cooper said “Jus’ Like That!” 😊 thank you!!!
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May 29, 2015 @ 11:55:35
Lol😊 your welcome
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May 29, 2015 @ 12:38:11
😀😀
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