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    Notes To My Daughter
    Notes To My Daughter
    Notes To My Daughter
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    Notes To My Daughter

    By David Dixon

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    An insightful journey into the relationship between a father and his daughter. David Dixon writes from his heart as he shares life lessons. He reveals the depth of a father's love as he gives purposeful direction to help guide his daughter's life down a meaningful path.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCherryMoon Publishing
    Release dateSep 2, 2010
    ISBN9781452415406
    Notes To My Daughter
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    David Dixon

    Dr David Dixon was a full-time primary teacher for 15 years before becoming a head teacher for the following two decades. In that time, he promoted the twin causes of environmental education and sustainability, which formed the central ethos of his schools. David is now a freelance education consultant, specialising in curriculum and leadership and helping individual schools to link sustainability with school improvement more generally.

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      Notes To My Daughter - David Dixon

      NOTES TO MY DAUGHTER

      David Dixon

      Published by CherryMoon Publishing at Smashwords

      Copyright 2010 David Dixon

      Smashwords Edition, License Notes

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each person. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      NOTES TO MY DAUGHTER

      Living Life and Avoiding Pitfalls

      Contents

      LESSON 1. Trust God

      LESSON 2. Friendship

      LESSON 3. The Power of Networking

      LESSON 4. Relationships with Men

      LESSON 5. Everything That’s Good To You, Ain’t Good For You

      LESSON 6. You Don’t Live Off Anyone Else’s Love

      LESSON 7. Never Stop Growing as a Person

      LESSON 8.Enjoy Life

      LESSON 9. Financial Responsibility… Taking care of Yourself

      LESSON 10. Helping Others and/or Lending Money

      LESSON 11. Learn the Meaning of the Word NO!

      LESSON 12. Anger

      LESSON 13. Avoid Self-Destructive Behavior

      LESSON 14. Learn To Forgive

      LESSON 15. Don’t Doubt Yourself

      Some Final Thoughts

      Author’s Note

      This book was started in April 1997, a month after my daughter Kenadi (pronounced Kennedy) was born. I decided then that she was so precious I had to create something to (hopefully) help her avoid many of the pitfalls in life. These lessons are what I came up with. Now...if only they will work.

      Dearest Kenadi,

      I love you so much. You are one of the most wondrous things in life I could ever ask for or receive. You were a gift from God. Mommy and I tried to have a child for almost five years before we were blessed with you. She had two miscarriages during those years. I had no idea it would be that difficult to start a family. Sure, I knew about miscarriages, but I didn’t know they happened so frequently, to so many people, until it happened to us.

      This kind of brings me to one of the things I want to share with you about life. There are many things in life you will hear about, but really won’t pay great attention to unless it happens to you or someone close to you. Some of this is understandable. You shouldn’t waste time worrying about everything and even if you wanted to, you couldn’t.

      However, there are many things you should think about. Life has a way of putting obstacles on your path that you will not be able to avoid. The trick is to learn how to avoid dragging additional things onto your path, either intentionally or unintentionally. Trust me: there will be enough obstacles that come your way without you contributing to that list.

      On the other hand, my darling, there are things in life that you should pay attention to whether or not they are impacting your life right then. Some may impact your life later on, others may pass you by. Paying attention to these things can help you become an aware, passionate and caring person. It can also save you a great deal of personal pain down the road. You are probably wondering, "What the heck is Dad talking about? What things?

      Well, Kenadi, there is no one answer. You’re going to have to find out, to some extent, what these things are on your own. Some of them you’ll read in these pages. And you’ll follow them. Perhaps years from now, you’ll even thank me. Others you’ll choose to ignore and will suffer the consequences, and then realize that you should have listened. You may also find that Dad may have been very

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