Teaching TheKiddo™: Lesson 3

First, you must want to.


Like most lessons, it is as simple as one sentence and as complex as discovering a unified theory of everything.


In this case, however, the unified theory of how to accomplish everything is simple. Begin with desire.


I don't mean the kind of covetous desire that turns into the world-economy-shattering avarice that marked the first decade of the 21st Century. Nor the sort that causes shortcuts and crimes.


While this lesson could apply to any desire, you will (I hope) avoid the pettiness and vulgarity that some will see.


I am writing about a want that is both more personal and more profound. This is about the desire to do something. To be something. To have the passion to create a life of meaning.


Doctor. Ballerina. Veterinarian. Mommy. Artist. Only five and a half and already there is so much you want to be and do. This will change constantly until you find the true want. Or perhaps you won't. Either is a perfectly fine path to follow. As long as it's what you want.




You can do whatever you want. You can be whatever you want. You can achieve whatever you want.
I know you can. And I know you will. It's just that simple.


What isn't simple is what you'll need to do to achieve it. Nor is it simple for me to tell you what it is. The answer lies within you. Within your talents and gifts. Within your will to achieve.


I believe we are all born with talents and gifts. Sometimes they're used to get ahead. Sometimes they're wasted and squandered on meaninglessness. Sometimes they're unknown and untapped. I know already what I see as some of yours. You are smarter than me, kinder than me, and more alert to patterns and connections than I was at your age.




When you discover what you want, you will tap into your talents and gifts to accomplish it. You will rely on friends and family to help. You will read, and research, and discover a path to accomplish the goal. Then you'll set another.


And me? What do I want? The same things I've wanted since you were born. For you and Mami to be spectacularly happy, healthy, and protected.