Setting Goals

In the program that we do with Noah, we are always setting goals. Crawling goals for him to reach by the next visit and goals to set in the first few months. We set goals for his physiological programs, and we set goals for his intellectual goals. The ultimate goals set are physical superiority, physiological superiority, and intellectual superiority. In other words, not only wellness, but well with above average abilities in all areas. Too high, you say? Well, what is the "cost" of goals set so high? Yes, you may not reach them, but when they are that high, isn't even movement in that direction a victory?

Over the last couple of days we have been in lectures teaching us about the whys of why we do the program. Being a "senior" family on the program, we've done this lecture series before, but we noticed that they have made some subtle, but interesting changes in the lectures. They've change because of the research they do here, and therefore, we really got a lot out of these lectures. But one thing that Janet Doman said yesterday really struck home for me. I found it very profound in what we do with Noah, but also profound in life. She said this:

High goals are cheap -- they don't cost us anything. Low goals are costly -- and they can cost the brain-injured child their lives.

I am excited about what we are going to see in the clinic over the next couple of days. Very excited.