domenica 23 novembre 2014

The Power of Reciprocity

Well, reading this blog I can understand that I learn an almost daily life lesson from my daughters, and that's great, I have two good teachers.
Today, due to lack of time, I asker them to shower together so that we could save some time end not to miss their favourite cartoon.
Since they are 6 and 7, I am beginning to show them how to shower without my help. I simply give them shampoo and soap because they still cannot read.
One of them asked me if she could wash her hair alone, I said yes, she tried but had problems, so I said: I put some shampoo in your hands, L will wash K's hair and K will wash Leila's.
The did a great job and each of them made a very good shampooing to her sister.
They were very very happy about this.
While I was helping them to put on their pyjamas I asked:
"Did you succeed in shampooing alone?", and they both replied "No".
"Did you succeed in shampooing your sister?" and they laughed and said "Yes".
And I tried to explain that this is the reason why you never should refuse to help someone, because you may be the one in need someday and you may need help yourself, and it will be very good if you find someone who helps.