From Spark To Flame + A Guest Audio Interview
From Spark To Flame
A few weeks back that was the title of an e-mail I received from Bob Proctor’s office. Every Friday he has a featured inspirational story in addition to his weekly inspirational quotes. But this weeks story was from a lady named Monique Howat from http://www.confidentgirlsguys.com. If you are not a subscriber to Bob Proctor’s weekly e-mail I highly advise it.
I love getting the weekly e-mails he sends out from the daily quotes to the story every Friday.
But this one really stood out to me more than all the others I have read in the past.
As I was reading she was telling a story of her daughter when she was in 3rd grade and about a little bean plant that had been brought home. At first it sounds like “ok what is there to learn from a bean plant” but the story and lesson was in what happened around that bean plant and something her daughter unknowingly taught her.
The lesson that was learned from a child was not the only thing that stood out to me it was also that Monique is a Youth Motivator. As most of you know this a big thing to me, the youth population. Some of you may have or have not heard all the things I am working on putting together right now. If you have not stay tuned because I have some great things coming.
So after reading Monique’s story and finding out what she did I just had to contact her and say thank you for the story and wanted to talk about youth motivation. Because not only helping gets get active to stay healthy and keep them from becoming overweight, motivation is the other half of the equation as well people look over.
I feel it is my duty to not only be a great fitness coach for them but also be a life mentor to them.
So after contacting Monique back and forth in e-mails and over the phone I decided to have her as a guest speaker to not only give myself some great tips for youth motivation, but for parents, teachers, coaches, just about anyone that is around youth.
So take some time to really listen to what her and I had to talk about and I know you can come away with some great things to do with your children.
Below is the story Monique wrote for Bob Proctor and if you want to get more information about Monique and the services she offers and also sign up for her free newsletter visit http://www.confidentgirlsguys.com
Dedicated to your success,
Matt Holmes
Body Synergy
“Work hard, Play hard,
TRAIN HARDER!!”
From Spark To Flame
When my now 19 year old daughter was in Grade 3, all of Mrs. Mathews’ students were given a small pot with a bean seed to plant. Green string beans it seems are pretty hardy and the perfect seed to use when promoting green thumbs in young children. That same plant was also a most unexpected source of understanding and insight for me.
Once the bean plants had sprouted and flowered, their teacher allowed the kids to carefully transfer the precious cargo from school to home. Once home, Shanna scouted around for the perfect location and settled on a sunny south window sill and then proudly declared, “Soon I can feed the whole family!”
Shanna’s sisters were envious and even our cat looked intrigued which should have been a warning to me because when I woke up the next morning, I saw that the bean plant had been maliciously knocked off the window sill and ripped from it’s pot. It’s leaves were frayed and except for a limp thread of stem that still connected the roots to the flowering top, it was quite unrecognizable from the day before. The plant, it seemed, was a goner.
I dreaded what I had to tell Shanna but as I gently began to explain that the bean plant had to be put in the compost, her reaction was not what I expected. She said, “Everything will be okay Mom, the plant will get better.”
Without wasting a second in thought she secured the first aid kit from the bathroom returning with gauze, a tongue depressor, bandages and a deep belief that the pathetic looking, near-dead bean plant would live, thrive and even produce food!
I had mixed emotions knowing that she was postponing the plants inevitable trip to the compost bin but I went along with it and helped her wrap bandages. Days later, to my absolute surprise, the bean plant was standing tall and looking perky. We were able to remove the bandages and discover a protruding hump in the stem where its near-fatal stem break had been. It was also amazing to see that the one and only bean, had become plump almost completely masking the claw marks that had scarred it.
I don’t know why I hadn’t thought the cat might go for a second round because it surely did, and this time I ran for the first aid kit! I carefully applied a heavy blanket of everything from cotton and gauze to coloured band aids with “ouch” written on them and when the medic work was done, I whispered a little something to the heavens.
Just one week later we were able to take the bandages off and again we barely found evidence of an attack and there was even a new sliver of green where a second bean was forming. I was excited and amazed while Shanna had been expecting nothing less. Back to the window sill it went but this time we built a fortress of heavy books to keep it safe until our day of bounty.
I set the table beautifully with all the fanfare of a Thanksgiving dinner. The beans were carefully divided by 5, which awarded each person 2 small pieces, claw marks and all. They turned out to be the best green beans I had ever eaten!
My daughter never quite understood my exuberance over the significance of the beans. In my work as a youth motivator I am brought together with kids and teens that all desperately need people to believe in them. Now, more than ever, no matter what I have been told about a child or a teen and their behavior, I see everyone, no exceptions, with the same eyes and heart that my daughter used on her broken, beaten up bean plant.
I wonder if it’s a coincidence that later that same week, I stumbled upon a most appropriate quote by Italian Poet Dante (1265-1351): “From a little spark, may burst a mighty flame.”
Especially if you believe…!
Monique Howat
Monique Howat is a youth motivator, specializing in self-esteem and founder of Confident Girls and Guys. She presents workshops in elementary and high schools in and around the Toronto area, coaches, trains the trainer and is a public speaker.
November 26th, 2008 at 2:14 am
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http://HulseStrength.com
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Thanks man! I always love to hear your view on things.
-Matt
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November 26th, 2008 at 11:31 pm
Thank you I am glad you enjoyed it!
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