Short life advice for my kids

Bijal A Shah
5 min readJul 22, 2018

A Poem by Bijal Shah

Short Life Advice for My Kids, A Poem by Bijal Shah

Dear kids

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Life will throw plenty of challenges at you;

If you’re anxious about something,

Then you don’t need to be.

It’s the things that haven’t crossed your worried mind,

That you need to worry about.

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Always look at problems,

With a fresh pair of eyes.

Always fight for your rights, values and principles

Reject unacceptable conditions.

However, remember to pick your battles.

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Spend time understanding the best decisions for you.

And have the courage to make them.

Simplify the decision-making,

Don’t get distracted by irrelevant information.

And remember to always be true to yourself.

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Bijal A Shah

Bibliotherapist, author, poet & founder of Book Therapy - therapy using the power of literature: https://www.booktherapy.io/ and www.bit.ly/bibliotherapycourse