Carving Their Own Path

I recently started a mantra with Max, who’s nearly four.

It goes;

“I love myself.

I am enough.

I am awesome.

I am the creator of my life”.

We repeat these sentences as we settle down for sleep.

His favourite one is ‘I am the creator of my life’.

For Max and Sofia to truly believe this, we have to not only say it, but live it.

As parents, we know that no matter what we SAY to our kids, they will always do as we DO. We are the example for how our children will choose to live their lives, and obviously as parents, we want them to enjoy an incredible life.

Hiking each day and living in a tent may not be the conventional way of living, but it is part of Arian and I’s journey, so it becomes part of the kids’ journey. Through this, they will get to see their parents thrive in an environment that fits.

They will see us in our rawest form, without masks. They will discover our strengths and witness our shortfalls. They’ll experience how we work together as a team, talk through our feelings and work through challenges. They will grow to understand that we’ve chosen a cause we are passionate about.

Through our journey, they will become problem solvers, adventurers and athletes, equipped with applicable life skills; free to roam, encouraged to learn and exposed to their true capabilities. They’ll experience the world around them, it’s wonder, purity and majesty. 

They may not have the same four walls around them every day or eat from a table each meal… and there’ll certainly be days where they don’t shower.

However, for us these things are secondary. 

What they will have is our unwavering love, security, encouragement and attention, and they will have us in our most authentic form, living our most authentic life.

When the adventure ends, the journey will have formed their foundations for carving their own path, with the understanding that they are… the creators of their life!

It’s scary and unknown; but we would rather look back and say we followed our hearts, than to wonder what could have been…

What would you do?…