MAGIC 🌀

Being part of the solution is where the MAGIC is.  Managing “problems” is what others think I do.  What I really do is look for the possibility.  Seize the opportunity.  Flip the thought.  I recognize the MAGIC and show others.  The showing is what I am good at.  Here is an example of MAGIC.

12 year old boy with bad behavior comes in with Mom.  Mom had a lot to say but nothing explained his behavior.  So, I went to the whiteboard and drew the infamous “bucket”.  I explained the concept of the hole in the bucket that is caused by bad behaviors.  The best part is explaining what happens when you have a behavior that doesn’t align with what you strive for - it’s like when your straw pokes a hole in the side of your Sonic cup.  Liquid rushes out and drowns you from a very small hole.  As you desperately attempt to cover the hole, it’s too late - all gone.  Empty.  Here is the MAGIC. The boy stood up and said, “Mom, is it ok that your husband does all of these things? Why am I the only problem you can see?”  Tears fall down mom’s face.  The boy reaches in his pocket and gives his Mom his phone which caused a fight earlier.  He wants to align his behaviors.  He needed his Mom to pay attention.  Behavior works.  I will see Mom next to work on structuring her home for the health of her family.  The boy sacrificed himself to help his Mom see. ❤️