Week 3 blog: Reading Chapter 5-8
I remember when one of my daughter's was around
five years old. She looked at me and said she wanted to be a doctor when
she grew up. I was so happy to hear her say those words. I knew what I
needed to do to help her fulfilled her dreams. However, that fairytale
never came true because one of her lovely teacher cast a dark shadow
over my daughter's head and told her "if you become a doctor then
everyone will die!" My daughter never told me what that teacher said
until years later for the fear of what I may have done. In the book of
The Art of Possibility it talked about a child is an exquisite
attention-getting device. (p. 82). A child relies on strong leadership
to help children to discover who they are and achieve their goals.
However, when that leaders or role models shatter a child’s dreams it
affects them. In adulthood, unless the child has a strong will, they
grow up not fulfilling their goals and live their life in a box. I like
the Rule Number 6 “Don’t
take yourself so seriously” because I spent most of my life trying to
fit in or live my life to someone else expectation. During my
undergraduate days I tried to be an overachiever and constantly let
myself down. I had to do a calculating self
and ask myself “Why am I not aiming for my goal and what can I do to
change this problem?” Once I stop taking life so seriously that’s when I
was able to aim for my goal without stressing myself out. I changed
the way I thought of myself from the scarfs of my childhood life and
realizing only I control my path.
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I spend 40+ hours a week trying to undo in adults the scars of what
mindless comments do to people. I hate hearing stories that the one
about your daughter. Whats the saying...."That which does not kill us
makes us stronger." Its just a shame that we have to go back and reteach
ourselves how to not believe that stuff. Thanks for sharing!
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