I've been doing a lot of praying, studying, researching and reading about the next year's studies and goals for our home/school. Here is something I came across while reading Teaching the Trivium by Harvey and Laurie Bluedorn on their website....
it is a good word for anyone.
Wisdom is not bound up in the heart of a child. Parents need to teach their children how to make decisions about their life, because children will not naturally learn how to set wise goals and how to be persistent in those goals. Here (is one of the) principles for making decisions and setting goals:
Learn to sort the necessities from the niceties. Can you tell the difference between a good idea and the idea you should pursue? If you find yourself dropping what you are doing every time you meet another good idea on the street, then you will never find stability. Learn to sort the
must-dos and the should-dos from the might-be-a-nice-idea-to-dos. There are many good ideas out there – be a missionary to China, open an orphanage, run for congress – but what is the thing which God put you on this earth to do?
