Wk 2 Response to Angela Dixon

Sunday, July 3, 2011

Week 2 blog: Reading on Chapter 1-4

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There’s an old saying “You are what you think you are” in other words, if you think you are a failure then you are a failure, if you believe you are a achiever then you are an achiever.  It’s what you believe, which controls the destiny of your life. 

At the beginning of chapter one reading it used the example of a shoe factory sending out two of the scouts to examine the country of Africa.  Both viewed the same thing “no one wears shoes”, but each one of them had a different report.  One scout thought it was hopeless and the other felt it was a great opportunity.  Same situation, however, the perspective of each scout was different.

Last week I went to a “Get Motivated” seminar. There were a platform of several famous people all sharing their story on what the problem was, how they felt, and what did they did to get motivated. There were a few speakers talked about their drought moment. They felt discourage, angry, and in some cases suicidal, but some how they made a connection to God. In each case, there was a force from up above, using surrounding people as a vessel to encourage each speaker to lift their spirit up and stop dwelling on their own sorrows and realize there were others who suffered too. Although there were many speakers the one that stood out the most to me was John Walsh’s story.

For those of you who do not know John Walsh, he was the man whose son, Adam, was adducted and killed at a young age.  From that incident John and through the help of his wife and friends created American Most Wanted show.  John told the audience how he felt after hearing his son was murdered.  His wife who was devastated as well was in the garage reading bundles of letters they received from other parents who shared the same pain. Meanwhile, John was sitting in his living room entertaining thoughts about killing him.  Later, with the help of a pathologist doctor he changed his way of thinking and created the show.  The point I wanted to draw out was the fact although both John and his wife shared the same devastating news, it was their son who was murdered, the wife put her anger into reading letters of other victims and had the passion to help, whereas, at time John was only thinking of himself. 

What if John commented suicide what would have happen to his wife, friends, or would there be an American Most Wanted show?  I was always told God send angels to help you through you tough time, in John’s case, that pathologist doctor was his angel.  Because of his angel, John show was a success in capturing many other criminals as well as helping others find closure. I believe, you can change a bad situation into something positive and truly will be blessed as long as you change your perspective into positive energy.

Tania Shavor said...

Angela,

I can so identify with a lot of what you said. comments like,"I believe, you can change a bad situation into something positive and truly will be blessed as long as you change your perspective into positive energy." drive it home for me on so many levels. I find myself watching movies like "The Secret", or reading books like "The power of intention" by Dr. Wayne Dyer and "The Book of Secrets" by Deepak Chopra. Life is an inside job! For so many people self worth is a huge issue in people becoming motivated. We carry feelings of shame and guilt around for so long. Part of my story is, I am the only person in my family to graduate college. For the longest time I let that statement hold me back from becoming more than I thought I should fit into. Thanks for sharing your insight!