迈克尔·雷诺

D。MichaelReynolds

Whilesomeeolearebornintolovingandcaringfamilies，othersarebornintoseeminglyimossibleenvironments，butnomatterhowhardaersonslife，Ibelievetherewillalwaysbeatleastoneersonwhowillositivelyinfluenceandencouragethem。Forme，thatersonhasbeenmygrandmother。

TherearemanylawsoflifethatIcouldwriteaboutbecausemygrandmother（betterknownas

"Mamma

"）literallyandurosefullyteachestheselawstome。However，shealwaysendswith，

"Son，IcantellyouallIknowandallIveexerienced，butultimatelyyouareresonsibleforyourchoices。

"Ultimately，weallmakeourownchoicesinlife—goodorbad。Notmakingachoiceisachoiceinitself。Thelawofchoiceutsoneincontrol，butitalsolacesresonsibilityontheonemakingthechoice。

IguesstheremustbealawthatsaysyoubecomelikethoseyouhangaroundbecausewhenImwithmymamma，Icanseehowmuchwethinkalike（atleastIdliketothinkso）。Wewere

"visiting

"onedaywhenIwasaboutfourteenyearsold。Ihadgottenintotroubleforsomethingathome（whichImsurewasntmyfault），andMammalistenedtometalkandtalk。Afterawhile，shebegantosharewithme，andIlistened。Thentomysurrise，Iheardmyselfsaysomethingtoherthatshemighthavesaidtome。Isaid，

"Youknow，Mamma，nomatterhowachildisdiscilined，itwilldonogoodunlessthechildreceivesthecorrectionthatisinthedisciline。

"ShewassoleasedtoheartheinsightthatafterdiscussingtheasectsofwhatIhaddiscoveredonmyown。Iallowedherto

"brag

"onmeawhile。Ithinksheusesthelawof

"accentuatetheositive，eliminatethenegative

"orastheBiblesaysinNumbers14，

"whatyouseeiswhatyouget。

"Ihoethatthatsatruelawbecausemymammasuresayswonderfulthingsaboutme—tome。

WhenImfeelinghoelessorfeelingcomletelyfrustrated，IhearMammaswords

"Son，yourenotwhieduntilyourewhiedinside，

"and

"nothingishoeless—theresalwaysananswer…Ifyoulookforit，youllfinditinsideyourself。

"Theselawssimlysay，

"Getuandgetgoing!

"

Now，mostofusteenagersreferanswerstolifesroblemsintheformofafinanciallygenerouserson。Wedontalwayswanttouseourmindstosolveourroblems，butwhenwedo，wefindaveryimortantandwonderfullawthatsays，