Sometimes, failing to live up to your expectations is the best possible thing that can happen. It forces to examine what has occurred, where you didn't prepare well enough, where you didn't perform well enough, and then answer what you're going to do about it. Are you going to give up? Blame others? Make excuses? Or are you going to go back to the beginning and try again until your satisfied with the results? That's the lesson we should be teaching our children. Sometimes the best words we can speak to our kids are the hardest words. Sometimes, what our kids need is the truth, not another pat on the back. They need to know they could do better, and if they want what they are after, they'll have to do just that. They'll have to do better than they've done previously. I don't look forward to those conversations, but I'm thankful that I can have them. I'm thankful when they fall on ears that receive them as they're intended.
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