An evening on the beach

The four of us were sitting on the edge of a beach, with our little diaries 
in our hands, writing our hearts out. The girls were using their favorite 
color pencils while we borrowed some of theirs that they left in the box. 

We wrote how the day started, the places we visited, and the people we met. 

I glanced at Sarina's page and saw little drawings of us 4 blended with 
the Sun and the Sea and I felt warmth in my heart. 
Then I took another glance at Arisa's and I saw more use of 

new words written in it, and I felt a hint of proud in me. 

They are taking our world by storm, these two. 
From the day they were born and 

I pray they will never cease to do so. 

And then I asked them to write something important, I said. 

This time I told them to think hard and take as long as they wanted to 
and Mommy will wait until they decide that they are done. 

This statement, I read it in a book written by Stephen Covey a few years ago. 

I learned to write a personal mission statement of myself at that time so 
I'd be a better person in the future, a person who is proactive instead of reactive, 
who begins everything in her life with the end in her mind. 
This one page instilled in me a sense of mission, a sense of clarity, 
organization and commitment, exhilaration and freedom. 

I hope that this page also help my girls to feel the same and help them in their life throughout with choices that they will face, with problem that they will encounter, and with people that they will meet.