Not much happens of significance between the time you're born until you graduate from High School, except, if you are fortunate:
1. you meet a few friends whom will be with you through out your life.
2. you observe the lives of others, including their ethics, work habits, morality, and compassion, each of which might provide you insight into how to live your life in the future.
3. your parents will teach you the things you need to learn as you move through the formative part of your life.
4. you'll get to work and learn the value of money, how to manage it, and develop a work ethic that you can take into your future.
5. you'll have teachers and mentors who will teach you reading, writing, and arithmatic, and possibly introduce you to music and/or sports, but primarily fill your head with enough knowledge to make you competitive in an extremely competitive world.
6. you'll learn the importance of how to communicate and interact with others.
So, not much happens, between birth and High School Graduation, except learning how to live your life in the future.
As a matter of fact, maybe it is a very important time afterall and maybe, as you move forward in life, it will be the foundation of making your dreams come true and excelling in this world.
This time for me was important:
- I grew up dreaming of being a cowboy.
- Went to work for $.10 an hour sweeping floors when I was 6.
- Belonged to the Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, and Explorer Scouts.
- Mowed lawns with a push mower for $.35 when I was 11.
- Got my first bank loan when I was 12, paid it off when I was 13.
- Managed a movie theatre when I was 15 to 18, for $.35 an hour and worked 72 hours a week.
- Played Trombone in a High School Band.
- Upon graduation, joined the Marine Corps, and headed to college.
It doesn't get any better than that, and I wouldn't trade for the wonderful experiences and lessons.
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