To my amazing Grade 9's.
You continue to impress me with your tenacity in your academics. I am hopeful that this winter break will allow you some time to reflect on the values and qualities that are important to you and that you want others to see in you. Choosing values that are important to you will help to guide you with any decisions you need to make in your life whether big or small. How you choose to act, think and behave should all be rooted in what you believe about yourself and the world around you.
As the first term has now come to a close, I have seen students who are thrilled about their marks, and some that are disappointed. I want you to be aware that your report card is only a snapshot of how you did academically between September and December 2018. These marks do NOT dictate your future. Ultimately, only YOU can dictate your future. If you ever need some help finding direction for your future, please do come and see me and we'll plot a course together. For now here are some words of wisdom that may help you on this road of life.
Wishing you a very peaceful and joyous winter break!
You continue to impress me with your tenacity in your academics. I am hopeful that this winter break will allow you some time to reflect on the values and qualities that are important to you and that you want others to see in you. Choosing values that are important to you will help to guide you with any decisions you need to make in your life whether big or small. How you choose to act, think and behave should all be rooted in what you believe about yourself and the world around you.
As the first term has now come to a close, I have seen students who are thrilled about their marks, and some that are disappointed. I want you to be aware that your report card is only a snapshot of how you did academically between September and December 2018. These marks do NOT dictate your future. Ultimately, only YOU can dictate your future. If you ever need some help finding direction for your future, please do come and see me and we'll plot a course together. For now here are some words of wisdom that may help you on this road of life.
Wishing you a very peaceful and joyous winter break!
Words
of Wisdom on how to live a happy, healthy life!
Here are 11 tangible
steps you can take toward living a more admirable life:
1.
Learn to be comfortable in your own skin.
The real purpose of your life is to evolve and grow into the whole person you are capable of being. It's easy to get off the path and spend your time trying to be someone you think you're supposed to be, but any effort to changing yourself for other people is bound to be hollow. The best you can do is be your true self.
The real purpose of your life is to evolve and grow into the whole person you are capable of being. It's easy to get off the path and spend your time trying to be someone you think you're supposed to be, but any effort to changing yourself for other people is bound to be hollow. The best you can do is be your true self.
2.
Choose simplicity over complication.
So much of what we do makes things more complicated than they has to be. But when things get complicated it's easy to become confused and lose your way. You'll live a better life when you're able to keep things easygoing and straightforward.
So much of what we do makes things more complicated than they has to be. But when things get complicated it's easy to become confused and lose your way. You'll live a better life when you're able to keep things easygoing and straightforward.
3.
Don't dream your life; live your dreams.
Never put off or give up on your dreams. You are powerful when you believe in yourself - when you know that you are capable of anything you put your mind to. When you finally decide just to be yourself, you can make your life look any way you want it to look. Go after your dream, no matter how unattainable others think it is.
Never put off or give up on your dreams. You are powerful when you believe in yourself - when you know that you are capable of anything you put your mind to. When you finally decide just to be yourself, you can make your life look any way you want it to look. Go after your dream, no matter how unattainable others think it is.
4.
Stop pleasing others despite yourself.
How many wasted years, months, days have you spent trying to please others? Making everybody happy is never your responsibility--if they like you for who you are, good, and if not, it's not your problem. Do more of what makes you happy, and in turn you will make others around you happy, too.
How many wasted years, months, days have you spent trying to please others? Making everybody happy is never your responsibility--if they like you for who you are, good, and if not, it's not your problem. Do more of what makes you happy, and in turn you will make others around you happy, too.
5.
Live fully and dare greatly.
Take risks and be bold. If you win, you win; if you lose you'll still be wiser. Try new things and take advantage of every opportunity that comes your way, because every risk, every dare, is a victory over fear.
Take risks and be bold. If you win, you win; if you lose you'll still be wiser. Try new things and take advantage of every opportunity that comes your way, because every risk, every dare, is a victory over fear.
6.
Don't worry what other people think.
When you let go of worrying about the expectations and opinions of others, you can start standing out from the crowd and working on what's important to you.
When you let go of worrying about the expectations and opinions of others, you can start standing out from the crowd and working on what's important to you.
7.
Embrace integrity-- always.
Integrity is central to any admirable life. It's about making sure your words are consistent with the way you behave, and that you're willing to live up to what you expect from others.
Integrity is central to any admirable life. It's about making sure your words are consistent with the way you behave, and that you're willing to live up to what you expect from others.
8.
Treat confidence as a superpower.
Confidence allows you to take on any challenges that are thrown at you and shows what you are made of. It's impossible not to admire those who have been through a lot and can still keep moving forward.
Confidence allows you to take on any challenges that are thrown at you and shows what you are made of. It's impossible not to admire those who have been through a lot and can still keep moving forward.
9.
Be interested to be interesting.
The most interesting people in the world are those who demonstrate authentic curiosity toward the world and people around them. Look around. Pay attention. Ask people to tell you their stories and listen.
The most interesting people in the world are those who demonstrate authentic curiosity toward the world and people around them. Look around. Pay attention. Ask people to tell you their stories and listen.
10. Treat
yourself as you treat others.
People who live to help and serve others sometimes forget to extend those principles to themselves. You can't truly appreciate or care for anyone else if you don't first appreciate and care for yourself.
People who live to help and serve others sometimes forget to extend those principles to themselves. You can't truly appreciate or care for anyone else if you don't first appreciate and care for yourself.
11. Stop
pretending or faking it.
You don't have to pretend or fake it to have a flawless life to live admirable. Allowing yourself to be yourself in all your flawed human glory is ultimately the most admirable thing you can do--and life gets so much easier when you stop pretending and you stop faking.
You don't have to pretend or fake it to have a flawless life to live admirable. Allowing yourself to be yourself in all your flawed human glory is ultimately the most admirable thing you can do--and life gets so much easier when you stop pretending and you stop faking.
In the end, if you can
become a person you admire, you will be able to help others bring out their
best as well.
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