Life is a Learning Curve!

Each day life brings us new challenges, new adventures, new disappointments and new discoveries, for life is a learning curve. Days come and go when all seems to go smoothly and we have a moment to forget the times when things were tough. Other days melt into weeks and nothing seems to go right. Friends die, friendships end, partners prove to be untrustworthy, and life's learning curve seems too hard to bear. Then how do we always seem able to weather the storm?

For me, I trust that God puts you where you are for a reason and I know that this too shall pass. If I learn the lesson, then what I went through is worth the strife. If I keep making the same mistakes, then I am turning a blind eye to the lesson and it defeats the purpose. All of us need to take the good and the bad and accept that nothing is ever easy and that sometimes, it is the struggle that makes it all worth while.

The biggest lessons I have learned with the events of the past month are - life is short so don't squander it! Friendship in business works - but be sure to have all your ducks in a row. Contracts exist for a reason and don't let your personal connection cloud your business judgement - get things in writing! When things go bad, you can feel sorry for yourself you a moment or two and then you have to let things go and move on with your head held high. Learn the lesson and move on - because if you stay trapped in the moment of realization and don't move forward - you are doomed to never learn.

I had a dear friend die at the beginning of the month and a partnership that I cherished end the middle of the month. On the other hand, my son came home after being away for a long time, my baby graduated from High School, I love and am loved, and the sun came out after the storm. No matter what we go through, we do manage to come out stronger and wiser in the end. Life is a learning curve - enjoy the lesson!

Thrive as a Parent - Don't Just Survive!

Have you ever wondered why you need a license to drive a car, or catch a fish - but they just hand you this newborn baby and say "good luck!" All of us know that drive to perfection when it comes to parenting our children - well guess what - nobody is perfect and we need to accept that about ourselves. Personally I think this can be very difficult, especially when we have created and run successful businesses - where do we find the balance to make it all work. How, you may ask, do we do this? Enter Jacqueline Green, BA, who has been in parenting education for over 10 years. She began when was overwhelmed with parenting her two-year old son and new baby girl. One of her strengths as a parenting educator is that she knows what it is like to be able to manage a boardroom and yet be reduced to her knees by two little kids! Her main area of specialty is perfectionism and parenting, including related areas such as mood issues (anxiety and depression), anger issues and workaholism (not just for working moms!). Drawing from her personal experience as a recovering perfectionist, Jacqueline can help you thrive as a parent, instead of just survive. Jacqueline's website is http://GreatParentingPractices.com and her Facebook page is http://Facebook.com/GreatParentingPractices. We hope you will join us on Blog Talk Radio's Word of Mom show June 24 at 2pm EST. You can follow me on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/Dori_S1_Bags and on Facebook's Fan Pages -. If you would like to share with us - you may call us at 347 850 8994. We look forward to sharing our experiences with you.