More Than Enough
“Last week my sixteen-year-old son dropped some wisdom on us while we were out at dinner,” Brad Alexander said.
His son has dyslexia. So, reading is torture for him. It always has been. As a result, Brad and his wife have always been worried about him doing well in society and with school work. But, the other day he received the score for his first-ever AP class final test, and he made a four out of five! That’s college credit level stuff! In high school.
“Several of his friends scored lower than him,” Brad before continuing. “Here’s what he said about the test that made me a pretty proud dad.”
“I think being dyslexic actually helped me. I had to focus way more in class than my friends, and I think it helped me learn better.”
Did you catch those three personal deductions?
Brad’s son has discovered something most people have yet to.
The things that make life harder for you might actually be your secret weapon! Another way to say this is, your most difficult challenges are likely to lead you to your greatest successes and growth, if you allow them to.
Brad’s son struggles with reading. And he's a terrible at spelling.
Brad said, “I used to worry about him constantly.”
Three questions constantly haunted Brad and his wife as their son grew physically, mentally and intellectually through his childhood years.
Would he keep up in school?
Would others be mean to him?
Would he be okay?
Brad says, “Turns out I was worrying about the wrong things!”
And, he was kind enough to tell me what he has learned from his son through his years as his father.
First, we are all dealt cards we don’t want or don’t expect.
Second, how you play those cards matters way more than what cards you’re dealt.
Brad’s supposedly handicapped son is the embodiment of a powerful principle of great importance. Our biggest struggles might actually be our greatest advantage. They will always shift our minds to seek different answers and alternate paths forward. Paths and answers that we would never have considered otherwise.
You and I just have to learn how to turn everything to our good. It is a learned skill!
Pretty smart for a sixteen-year-old who would have a hard time reading this story!
As parents, we worry our children and grandchildren won’t be enough. But, maybe they’re already more than enough.
We all worry that, we won’t be enough.
Maybe we all are.
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I’m Lynn Butterfield, Real Estate & Lifestyle Expert and Television Host for American Dream TV in Northwest Arkansas. I’ve helped hundreds of Buyers and Sellers, as a real estate agent and Associate Broker with Coldwell Banker, to discover where and how they want to live and work; to achieve what I call Realesation™. That’s why I bring you American Dream TV, Both Sides of the Fence, About the Dish, Monday’s Warm Cocoa and Home by Design Magazine to stir your heart and mind. Contact me so I can join you along your own unique path of discovery.
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