Life is a journey! I’m sure we’ve all heard that one before, right? Sadly, though, sometimes this journey has some disappointments and sometimes doors slam in our face. I’m sure we’ve all experienced disappointments in our lives from time to time, right? But don’t sweat it because just like winter has its opposite in summer, and night has its opposite in day, a door closing on our hopes, ambitions, and dreams has its opposite in the form of another door opening that promises us even better hopes, ambitions, and dreams.

Now what happens when we just outright get rejected and hurt by a door slamming violently in our faces? Believe it or not, same success and leadership principle from above is still at work! That violent door brutally slamming on us and even hurting us has its opposite too. Passing through that painful slamming door just wasn’t meant to be. There is a better door right down the road for us if we’d only be brave enough to pick ourselves up, brush ourselves off, and journey down the road a bit further. If we find the courage, will, and wisdom to travel further, I’m sure we’ll find an even better future

Dancing is something rather nostalgic to those of us who are now fully grown. Often adults will say, “gee I wish my mother had pushed me to stay in dance classes such as ballet and tap when I was little and not listened to me when I said I wanted to stop!” We tend to look back at these early years and recall and realise that we were in a good lifestyle routine.

1) Dance exams help to instill dedication and commitment in children and teenagers.

The young dance students must have a good work ethic to keep up with the work which is being taught to them within the dance school by their teacher. The young dancers must also think for themselves and many dance teachers will ask them to practice their exercises at home in the hope that the dance student will grasp and show great signs of improvement week on week. It is after all a two-way street!

2) A sense of responsibility.

The words ‘exam’ or ‘show’ can be quite daunting, especially to our youngest of dance students. It is the responsibility of the dance teacher to make this event seem like it will be a fun presentation of their

Chess tournaments are an amazing opportunity for kids to gather with their peers to test their thinking and reasoning skills. First, tournaments are always exciting and it is common for parents to be nervous about whether their child is ready to handle the competition. As your son or daughter continues to develop their interest in chess, here are a few questions to consider that will help you gauge their readiness.

How Are Their Skills?

Participants in a chess tournament are usually sorted according to their ratings. As a first-time tournament participant, your child will be unrated, which means they will likely be paired with another child of the same age or grade level who may or may not have the same level of skills. Typically, the event’s organizers will try to pair new competitors with each other as much as possible. While everyone is welcome, it is best if your kid knows at least a few basics of the game such as how the pieces are allowed to move and capture. If your child takes lessons, then talk to their coach about their readiness or you can arrange for them to start learning the basics if they want to compete.

Have They Expressed

It may be considered a little weird or at least a little different to be told that we are a little bit luckier now that we’ve had a big storm pass through our lives. One of the reasons that we are luckier is that we didn’t just have a storm pass through, but rather we just successfully weathered that storm! Hooray!

You see, a weathered storm cleanses us as they wash away the old and bring in the new. Storms can give us all a fresh start at something that formerly might have been a bad start. Sometimes storms will even unveil a clear vision for a new path or fresh start.

The blinding storms in our lives are truly fascinating and have an even greater degree of magic to them than the calmer, vision-clearing storms. When it’s raining too hard to see straight that’s exactly when our subconscious mind takes over and sees the mysterious lesson and a way out or at least through the storm. We usually end up under a shelter, sitting up there on that red picnic table, stronger and better prepared for the next storm, whether we know it or not.

Sadly, our conscious mind doesn’t always recognize

Nothing can be more tormenting for a parent than having a child abducted and not knowing how they are and where they are. Most cases of abduction for school going kids happen when they are on their way to the school and on their way back home from school. Abduction of kids has become very real and it is up to the parents and the schools to come up with safety measures to reduce the cases and to keep the children safeguarded at all times. Even the simplest measures on the way to school and while in school can go a long way in protecting the children.

What parents can do

1. If possible make sure that you take your child to the bus stop and only leave when the child safely board the school bus. In cases where you have chosen not to use the school bus services, make sure you personally drop the child to school compared to leaving them to use public means to get to school.

2. Be attentive when your child talks about approaches from strangers and teach them about abduction in an easy to understand manner but with the seriousness it deserves. Teach them to ignore and

Today, you can see kids as young as one year old playing various games on different types of mobile devices. Many health experts say that this is a bad habit that children, especially pre-school ones, should not get into since it is unhealthy. Staring at the screen of a mobile device for a long time can have bad effects on a child’s eyes. This habit can also negatively affect a child’s socialization and emotional faculties.

If you’re looking for a healthy habit that your child should get into or develop, reading is always a recommended activity. Reading is a great brain-boosting activity and if done with everyone in the household, it can also be a wonderful family bonding experience as well.

A lot of young kids though won’t easily get into the habit of reading. They may find some books boring or simply not to their liking. This problem though can be easily remedied by getting some personalized children’s books.

By choosing the right company that specializes in creating personalized story books, you can have one (or more) that your child will surely love to read. And if it’s your first time to have a personalized children’s book made, below are some of

Please don’t ever forget that a person is only as good as their word and reputation. So always protect both! Think about making a good first impression… We only get one chance to make a really good first impression. Our word and our reputation are going to be a big part of that first impression, right?

So let’s fight with all that we have to keep our word and our good reputation. Someday we’re going to need both. Hopefully when that day comes both our word and reputation will still be fully functioning and not damaged beyond repair.

Things happen. We all know things happen; that’s just the way the world is. Unfortunately, when things do happen many times it becomes very painful to keep our word because the circumstances have changed since we promised whatever it was that we promised. Remember, nothing ever stays the same, and that’s exactly why we should never over-promise. Over-promising usually forces us to under-deliver when things change. Instead of over-promising, let’s always under-promise so we can, more often than not, get lucky by over-delivering in good times and not getting so messed up in bad times.

If we’ve done the right things, even during the tough