The word that strike me the most, with this story was when John Foppe’s mother made a huge difference in her decision to let her son John do everything for himself like a normal kid would do despite having a handicap , that is, being born without both hands. “It was tough love” She said in her interview, that it was hard for her when she made the decision to not allow John’s other siblings to help him with his chores , knowing that it would be very difficult on the part of his handicapped son. As a mother of a soon to be teenage daughter, I can very much relate with this scenario. Most often than not, as a parent, I employ “tough love” when it comes to disciplining my daughter even if it was difficult emotionally on my part seeing her learning her lessons on her own. This means, not giving in to her splurges, my way of making sure she will not grow up spoiled, …show more content…
It is also the same way I treated my students , I always made it sure they are learning on their own so that it would be instilled in them even though we are no longer connected with each other. “If you don’t have the best things in life, make the best of everything with what you have”, to me this words, is pure contentment, a sure way of making at peace within myself and to always keep my feet planted on the ground. Not to envy what other people have, not to worry too much on material things because there still a lot of people out there who don’t have what I have , people who suffers with deadly diseases , extreme poverty and lifetime handicaps yet continues to live with God’s