Anna’s advice

“Sometimes a scream is better then a thesis.”  Ralph Waldo Emerson

I was sitting on the bed the other day with my 14 year old daughter, Anna.  We were talking, and she said that she had a stomachache.  I said maybe she was too stressed.  “Maybe”, she said, “but I don’t really have anything to get stressed about.  I don’t get stressed anymore.”  And then she went on to say this…

“I decided that I am not going to get stressed out anymore.  I mean I used too all the time, but it didn’t do anything for me.  So I just decided that it wasn’t worth it.  If I stress about something or if I don’t stress about something, the outcome is always the same, so I shouldn’t stress.  So now I don’t.  It’s actually pretty great.”

I just sat there, staring at her with my mouth open like I was catching flies.  I reminded myself that she is only 14.    How does she do it?  How does she just determine in her mind to not worry about something, and then she doesn’t.  I decided to try it.

Anna says if you try your hardest and you do your best then there is nothing you can do about the outcome.  You just let what happens happen.

My 14 year old is brilliant.

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