Mindshifting is recognizing and shifting from the mindsets that hold us back to the mindsets that push us forward. I write about mindsets, Mindshifting, learning, and education, with the hope that these posts give readers more power over their own lives and helps them give others, like their students, more power as well.
Slow Restaurant/Positive Mindset
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On New Year's Eve, I had a 2-hour dinner with family in a restaurant. Luckily, I was sitting next to a two-year-old who kept me entertained so I didn’t create any disturbances. We all sat down, and I noticed each napkin was wrapped in a red ribbon. I took the ribbon and wound it around my index finger, and Annie reached for it and pulled it off with a whole-body smile. She gave the ribbon back to me, and I wound it again, and she pulled it off again with the same show of joy. We repeated this about ten times until she held out the index finger of her right hand, and I wrapped that. I held on to the end as she moved her hand away and the ribbon unwound and was left in my hand. Her face showed her joy as she held out her finger again. And again. Until she held out her thumb, and it worked the same way. And then for each of the fingers on her right hand, and each of the fingers of her left hand. And then my index finger again, and then each of her fingers. Each time I was rewarded with a smile brighter than the sun. After 35 or 40 minutes the food came, and we got to play with the food while eating some of it. If it hadn’t been for Annie, I would have had to talk to adults for two hours and probably would have acted out. What a blessing that a small child can keep one entertained for two hours. Kids can teach us so much. By the way, the next MindShifting: Mastering Your Resourceful Brain class starts January 14. |
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Mindshifting is recognizing and shifting from the mindsets that hold us back to the mindsets that push us forward. I write about mindsets, Mindshifting, learning, and education, with the hope that these posts give readers more power over their own lives and helps them give others, like their students, more power as well.
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