I add to this list continually, and this list continually pushes me to redefine myself daily and strive to be the example I want to be to my child someday. I'm not anywhere close, that's why I'm preparing now.
I want to show my child:
-how to never judge
-how to withstand peer pressure and even push against it
-how to be a leader
-how to set an example even if it's not the cool thing to be
-how to look at a person and never see color
-how to accept everyone regardless of appearance
-beauty is something that comes from the inside and works outward, not the other way around
-being healthy is priority, not being skinny
-how to ask for help
-how to possess a strong self-esteem
-to have respect for everyone
-what it means to show respect
-the importance of honesty
-what marriage and love is through example of my own marriage
-that hate is four letter word
-that anything worth doing requires effort, sacrifice, and hard work.
-to have faith
-that what you get out of life is completely contingent on what you put in it
-how to express emotion
-how to effectively communicate
-to not victimize anyone
-to know when to apologize
-to overcome pride
-to know that nothing is ever perfect
-that in this world, we are all more alike than we are different
-how to make good decisions
-how to love and respect themselves
-how to take a situation that isn't ideal and find the benefit or opportunity in it
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