List 5 classes that you wish were available in high school:
(I would change the title)
List 5 classes that you would be willing to go back and teach yourself #1...Glimps into the Future Skills 101...b/c it would of been great to know that the huge room at State Farm Insurance Ohio Office, which held the HARD DRIVE was going to be condensed into something similar to my laptop. B/C knowing how much easier communication would be when Email, Instant Messages and Texting came into our world. Of course this class would be bombarded w/students thinking it would be an easy A.
#2...Marriage Skills 101-909....B/C we must first understand that this marriage deal is a vow we take in front of a holy God. It would have been great to know that marriage is not 50/50, sometimes it 10/90, 25/75 or 85/15. How to understand the complications of compromising and the skill of using "I feel" in a heated debate unstead of U! A whole year needs to be spent on: the mountains/valleys in marriage....all the good, bad and the ugly times that we spend together. To learn the nack of service to your mate..IS NOT just a womans job...and that if you treat your spouse like they are the only person, in a room filled w/people, and they know it.... will pay back multiple times over. Unfornutantly, these things have to be learned as we walk thru marriage.
#3...Parenting Skills 101-1801...yes, it takes a lifetime to understand this class.
First of all we need to understand that there is no manual for this job, despite what Dr Spock says in his book. Every child is different.Secondly this is the most rewarding , difficult , stressful job anyone does and that it is not for everyone! The ole saying "children should be seen and not heard" is the first saying to go..kids have alot to say and they are important...The other saying that I would banish is "Do what I say not what I do." Well, kids watch our actions just as much as our words to see if they match up. Give me a semester to teach on the heartbreaks of parenting....many accidents, hurt feelings, ignorant speech that come from both parent an child. And oh yea, forgiveness....learn to say "I'm sorry" as the parent! Swallow your pride and allow your kids to know that although you are the parent and should be respected, you too make mistakes.
#4...Financial Peace Skills (no course # just schedule it like-forever) First rule in the book would be to know, know that you buy nothing unless you pay cash! Second rule, stuff does not buy happiness! Thirdly, life happens....you may never 'save' enough money for that first baby, or house, or car....so in these cases only, skip 1st rule. With all the ups and downs your life will give you, finances is just a small fraction of what is important. Remember that as you live this life, it's not about what you have but what you give that really matters....family, friends, a relationship w/Jesus, good work ethics, a untarnished integrity, your name! When you figure these out, then you will have true peace. Of course this peace is that same pece that passes all understanding....coming from God Himself.
#5... Life Happens Skills..101-eternity...why you ask? b/c it never ends....all the good days, bad days, sickness, phone calls from your teens "mom I just had an accident" days, "Dad, I'm getting married" days, moving and transferring days, buys houses days...etc. Life happens and we are truely never prepared for it, as much as we like to think. And when it does my only thought (as I look back over 32 yrs) is to enjoy them all. The life and the death of these days on earth. We were created for a purpose and as we seek God He will show us that purpose...maybe it is in politics, business, teaching, parenting or wherever your talents take you. But just b/c you didn't go to college, or write a book or hob-knob w/ noble people...doesn't mean that your life is not valued. Life happens-enjoy every minute of it!
Now the tag rule is to pass it on...so I pass it onto my BLOGGER friends: daughter Shana, her college roommate Jeni, my high school friend Marty, and my friend in the ministry Ronnie...GO GIRLS!
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