Wed 30 Jul 2008
Life By Design Weekly News
July 31, 2008
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News this week:
~ Is “Can’t” a Real Word?
~ Yeah! Yeah! Out Loud on Journey to Self this week
~ Quote of the Week
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Is “Can’t” a Real Word?
Whenever I hear my son say “I can’t” I cringe. When I was a kid my father never let the word “can’t” fly. “There is no such word as can’t” he told us, “Can’t means won’t.” Of course as a kid I never realized the wisdom in those words. My dad always wanted my brother and I to know that we can do anything that we set our minds to and on more than one occasion what he could do when he set his mind to it.
How would your life be better if you eliminated “can’t” from your vocabulary? I know in my life I feel empowered by the thought that I CAN create the life that I want. Through hard work I CAN be the person I want to be, have the body that I want, and have the career that I want.
History is filled with people that brought about change, that made new discoveries, despite being told they “can’t” by others.
How empowered would our kids be if we helped them take “can’t” out of the equation? When every Logan says he “can’t do it.” I share my father’s wisdom with him, “You can do anything that you put your mind to.” A lesson I hope that he carries through out his life like I did.
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Yeah! Yeah! Out Loud on Journey to Self this Week
I am so excited to have Kathy Carpenter from Yeah! Yeah! Out Loud this week on Journey to Self!
YYOL(tm) sends the message early as a foundational building block that when the going gets tough, you are your own best “cheer” leader; vs. a fix it later remedy. The YEAH YEAH Out Loud theme helps the child realize the “cheer” leader lies within.
All young children need and deserve high-quality early learning experiences that will prepare them for life, and YYOL is taking this great opportunity to do its’ part to help young children.
Some people have “Ah Ha” moments. Kathy Carpenter has YEAH YEAH Out Loud (YYOL) moments.
As the daughter of a hard-of-hearing and visually impaired father, Kathy had to be LOUD about everything. Her spirited, can-do attitude, nurtured as a child, blossomed with marriage and motherhood. “Being a mom is the best job I ever had” says Kathy (Vancouver resident for over 21 years).
When the kids graduated and moved away to college, I thought my “Yeah Yeah” days were over. Being the “on-line Mom” I ended up fixing things from printers to friend issues; as well as just being available on the other end of a late night check in to say “Hey”. While they used common acronyms to chat, I found my own; YYOL! They could “hear” me!
Then a special invitation came. It was a call from our “son”, then a college freshman, who invited me to be at “Mom’s weekend”. Being the “cheer” leader I am, I felt bad thinking I didn’t have any school colors/spirit items for his college.
It was this experience that was the inspiration which led to the creation of Kiddazy(R) and Hur-Ray (a concept that evolved into a full blown self esteem program) who have become symbols to represent that there is always someone there to “cheer” kids on!
Kiddazy® and Hur-Ray are not limited to one school or group, but their faces say “Yeah Yeah Out Loud” for those that need encouragement, regardless of nationality, ability or status.
Through Hur-Ray (the sun) and Kiddazy(R) (a flower) Kathy found the voice to spread YEAH YEAH everywhere.
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Quote of the Week
Whether you think that you can, or that you can’t, you are usually right.”
~Henry Ford
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