Training Them Young
My 10 year old daughter Nikki, in the class fifth sat next to Simran with whom she was constantly very irritated.
Every day Nikki would complain, “Mummy,
Simran does not do her work in the class and wants my notebooks all the
time; or she takes my stationary and does not return it. She takes it
home also. How do I get it back?” I had to give her new ideas all the
time to get it back.
Nikki wanted her place to be changed in
the class so she would go away from Simran. I would keep reminding her
about the goal and tell her that these were just little distractions in
life and the goal was to do your studies well. And to remember that God
had placed her there and to study for Him; because he only knew what
work she was supposed to do in the world. But, to succeed she had to
focus all the time and not let any thought distract her from her
goal.