Life Lessons From Teaching My Kids To Ski

I just got back from my annual family ski/snowboard trip to 7-Springs Mountain Resort in PA.  We have been taking this trip for 35 years and it's where I learned to ski when I was seven.  This year I had the opportunity to share the thrill, excitement and love of everything cold, white, and steep with my two children. 


My daughter is 4 years old and my son is almost 3 years old.  They both got to experience the amazing adrenaline rush from sliding gleefully down the mountain on 2 fiberglass planks, and I got to experience the amazing happiness from being able to share my love of the mountain.   But instead of waxing on about how "amazing" it was I want to present what I learned from sharing my love.  


1. Be open to try new things
2. Stay positive
3. When you fall down, laugh first, then get up
4. Be well rested
5. Eat
6. Sing with the wind
7. Be in awe 
8. Pay attention to your surroundings, and enjoy them.
9. Smile
10.Scream with joy

I hope everyone has the opportunity the share something they love with someone they love.  There is no better feeling.