Mindful Monday: Our Self-Worth

It's amazing how easily we tie our self-worth to our accomplishments and failures. Buy why? Why are we easy to own our failures and missteps, and yet we often downplay our achievements? And why do we allow our not so perfect attempts to make us feel less than? 

Isn't life a series of lessons?  We are meant to try new things. As humans we are designed to grow, and that means stretching beyond our comfort zone. Which means, we will fail from time to time.  

Here's the crazy part- being in the kid business, we often encourage our students to try new things. We tell them that failure is a part of the process. We repeatedly insist that failure does not define them. We say these things, and yet, we don't seem to believe them ourselves. At what point along this journey did this advice no longer apply to us?

As we enter April and we continue to push our students, know that your missteps don't define you. Your mistakes don't make you less than, just like your successes don't make you better than. You are enough just as you are!