Gift of Mother – She Believes in You

1. The best teacher is life, chose to be a student and let life speaks to you.

Here is what happen to me.
I came to my mom to learn how to jump the rope, she said go jump 100 times,

I went and jump 100 times and the rope was hurting my legs, my ears, my face, my head, my nose, every where…
it was the most horrible 100

I told my mom I did 100 and I still could not …
she said jump the rope 200 times and come back.
I told myself this time I am going to avoid getting hit.

I was not jumping the rope I was avoiding getting the hit by the rope for 200 times, i was worn out and tired from doing it so slow to avoid the pain.

I came to my mom and told her … no I can’t jump the rope.
She told me and looked into my eyes, and said it with absolute confidence, “Go jump 2,000 times”

I said, “oh shit… she is gone out of her mind” this time I am not coming back saying I could not, I knew what she is going to tell me next.

This time I picked up the jumping rope, I told the rope, “listen, you and I have to get along.  We got figure this out together.”  Now when I am hurt, so you are too… when I am flying with it, so are you.  We got to make it together.

I begin jumping the rope …
nothing happening for first 100
still not jumping yet … it is at 200
nothing still at 225 times

Come on, Let’s do this

at exactly 247 times, I am jumping the rope just like I imagined… here is what it felt like.
I felt like I became the rope, and the rope became me.
I had no idea that I can become the rope, and rope become me…. Oh wow

me and the rope is so one friend,
I little kid 7 year old with a flat feet jumped more than anyone, double jump, even triple jump.  we won any contest we entered.

I have learned from my mom, just as much as I desire to jump the rope, the rope wanted to jump with me and through me.

Thank you John for sharing your mom and allowing me to share my mom’s greatest lesson from my life.

So what are you grateful for with your Mom?

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