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.
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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!
