FIVETRIBE

I have been pondering the idea of a family mission statement or manifesto as I have heard them called. a great example of a family's creative expression It would be a fabulous and meaningful family project for us to work on - my kids have a great sense of *belonging*. A sense of family community and I would love to foster it and begin to harness and reinforce each of our values and beliefs. Take a look at this blog post and see how this family tackled the project.

Have you ever been called courageous? I have. And I have laughed it off. Truth be told, I am a coward. Many, many things scare the whatzit out of me. Most of them are things I make up in my mind and I hate that. I am very far from courageous or so I thought until I began to understand what courage really is. Courage can be asking forgiveness. Or courage can mean offering it. Courage can mean honoring your true feelings or openly accepting the feelings of another (no matter how uncomfortable those feelings are). Courage can mean asking a question. Or hearing an answer. Courage can mean facing the moment when it didn't turn out the way you had planned. Courage can mean allowing yourself to feel pain and then moving beyond it. There are infinite ways to be courageous. Even when we feel lost and powerless. A great truth to teach our kids. * based on and adapted from a list I found here