The Beginnings of You

Let's look at the "Beginnings of You."

On a NEW PIECE OF PAPER: Title it "MY PARENTS AND ME."

Create your two columns on this page: Good Stuff + Bad Stuff.

Pull any words from YOUR "Good Stuff" THAT MATCH your PARENT'S "Good Stuff" and list them here.

Do the same with your "Bad Stuff" so that you can see how you are the same as your parents.

On a NEW PIECE OF PAPER: Title it "MY DIFFERENCES FROM MY PARENTS."

Create your two columns on this page: Good Stuff + Bad Stuff.

Pull any words from YOUR pages that ARE NOT ON YOUR PARENT'S lists and create "Good" + "Bad" again.

If you did your research, you should have some interesting lists that relate you to your parents.

Buddha Zhen
Patriarch, shaolinZEN.org