WebMD sums my philosophy on life.

Surprisingly enough, in an article on “Children’s Health” entitled Raising a Resilient Child.

I can’t speak at all to the actual medical science in the article.  but I can say that the second-to-last last paragraph hit the nail exactly right on the head:

I want to give my children the gift of resilient optimism…to teach them, wherever they may find themselves, to ask, “What is the best way forward from here?”

That, to me, is just parenting pwnage.  The exact thing that I, as a parent, want for my kids.  It is what I believe my parents were (somehow) able to give to me.  I don’t know how they did what they did, but I’m hoping fervently to be able to replicate that bit of parenting.

To take that a step further, to me the “best way forward” is a way of logic, and reason.  Take as much guesswork out as you can, understand what you are personally responsible for and what is outside your control.  Think it through.  Make a decision.  Never be afraid to stop at some point, look around, and say “Okay, I was going this way, but from right here, right now, what is the best way forward?  Is it still the same way?”  Own that for yourself.

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