Monday, May 27, 2013

My Best Teachers

I've had some good, even great teachers in my lifetime; however, some of my best teachers were these:


Painful Moments:
I have learned hard lessons at the hands of pain.  It’s an emotional kind of pain that becomes the teacher and prompts me next time a similar situation pops up.  We use pain to get back to wellness.  I've had to endure some painful moments in front of large crowds and on the job.  Thankfully we can learn from these painful moments.


Agony
Agony is an ugly word.  I can still hear ABC’s Wide World of Sports and their phrase “The thrill of victory and the agony of defeat” just as the skier plummets off the incline. 

Talk about agony.  That poor person was not only in physical agony but emotional agony for having failed on world-wide television. 

Agony is a good teacher, if we are learners.


Divorce
Divorce is a huge teacher, if we allow it.  We learn what doesn't work, we learn recovery and regrouping and hopefully we learn from our failures for our “next time” marriage.

I also think we learn a good lesson in trusting ourselves.  If we lose ourselves in a marriage and lose the ability to make certain decisions, a divorce can help us find that strength again.


Bankruptcy
Bankruptcy teaches us better financial responsibility, a more careful spending mindset and that we can survive even a bankruptcy.


“No”
Everyone loves “yes”.  We all hate “no.”  No is the better teacher.  We learn resilience, we learn to overcome, and we learn how to survive in the face of a mountain of “no’s”. 

Pity the person who never hears ‘no’.  That can teach one a false sense of how the real world operates on a daily basis. 

No teaches us to …
-Keep asking for the date
-Keep sending the book in for consideration
-Keep writing songs
-Keep searching for a better job
-Keep looking for the answer
-Keep expecting the next sale

“No” teaches us resilience.  Pertinacity.  Toughen up.


Have you had some good teachers? 


P Michael Biggs
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