“I wish I knew then what I know
now.” The words of wisdom offered in Reflections: Learning Life’s Lessons are intended to help teens and young
adults learn life’s lessons now, instead of waiting years to learn them as
adults. While geared toward those in
their early to mid teens, the success principles in Reflections have no age boundaries.
Reflections is full of tips you would hear from a “big sister,”
such as goal setting, self-esteem, encouragement and more to help young people
lead legal, moral and ethical lives.
With smaller, more mobile families and more families with both parents
working, where can teens and young adults look for answers? This book is one place to start. The principles contained therein are common
sense approaches to dealing with life’s lessons. The book offers a daily reflection for the reader to ponder. It is an ongoing source of inspiration and
encouragement for learning life’s lessons.
As a mother, sister, aunt, friend
and community volunteer, the author has used her experiences and knowledge
gained in her half-century plus years to offer young people encouragement and
hope for their lives by giving them words of wisdom for reflection.
The middle child of nine,
Jeannine A. Young learned responsibility early, growing up on a farm and
helping to raise her younger siblings.
She is a wife, mother and grandmother.
She volunteered countless hours to schools in San Diego and Vermont and
home-schooled her youngest son in his seventh grade. She earned her paralegal certificate in 1988, and served as
Village of Derby Center Trustee Chair from 1988 to 2003, donating thousands of
hours to her Village. She has served as
President of a condominium association, PTA, Border Little League, and the West
Point Parents Club of Vermont, which she organized. She considers herself a “big sister” to many and decided to write
a “big sister” book.
JANUARY 19
Do you take the easy road? It sure makes a difference which road you
take. But if you take the easy road,
where does it take you? Does the easy
road take you to where you want to go?
Or does it just take you to where everyone else goes, or can go? If you want to go far, you may have to take
a more difficult route. Only then can
you reach where you really want to go.
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MAY 7
Be a positive force. Where there is negative, bring out the
positive. Shade yourself from the
hurtful remarks others make without just cause. You know what you’ve done or not done. If the remarks do not reflect the truth, shake them off and get
on with your day. If the remarks ring
of truth, then work to remedy the situation.
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JUNE 22
A little rain must fall into
everyone’s life. How you handle the
rain is what makes the difference.
Adversity can make you stronger or it can make you shrivel up and fade
away. Face the problem and handle
it. Ignoring it or refusing to deal
with it only makes it worse. Make sure
the rain that falls into your life is used to water the best of you that is
deep inside of you and helps to bring the best to the surface.
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OCTOBER 24
Life isn’t easy. The sooner you learn that, the better off
you are. When things get tough, you
need to grow stronger. If you were
never challenged, you would never stretch.
It is through adversity that we grow stronger and learn the most. When things are too easy, we do not
appreciate them or the struggles of those who have passed before us.
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NOVEMBER 30
Be careful what you say. You cannot take back something once it has
been said. The damage has been
done. Even with an apology, the words
will haunt the person who heard them.
Think back for yourself. What
did someone say to you that hurt? You
still remember, don’t you? How long ago
was that said? It can be years and
years and you will still remember something that someone said that hurt
you. Be careful that your words are not
haunting someone else for years to come.