That which each can do best, none but his Maker can teach him. Where is the master who could have taught Shakespeare? Where is the master who could have instructed Franklin, or Washington, or Bacon, or Newton? . . . Shakespeare will never be made by the study of Shakespeare. Do that which is assigned you, and you cannot hope too much or dare too much. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Identify one of your biggest challenges at the moment (ie I don’t feel passionate about my work) and turn it into a question (ie How can I do work I’m passionate about?) Write it on a post-it and put it up on your bathroom mirror or the back of your front door. After 48-hours, journal what answers came up for you and be sure to evaluate them.
How can I be less judgmental? That would be the question on my post-it note. Yep. This is a tough one for me. I'm not sure how much of my weakness to lay bare here. I don't like that I look at a person and immediately begin to decide who they are, what they are like, how a relationship or a conversation between us would develop. From time to time, I have been able to step over this and let a person shine. Actually, I can do it often but I want to be able to do it all the time.
How can I be less judgmental? That would be the question on my post-it note. Yep. This is a tough one for me. I'm not sure how much of my weakness to lay bare here. I don't like that I look at a person and immediately begin to decide who they are, what they are like, how a relationship or a conversation between us would develop. From time to time, I have been able to step over this and let a person shine. Actually, I can do it often but I want to be able to do it all the time.
My judgements are not always negative, in fact, they can be the opposite. She's pretty so she must be nice. She went to a good college so she must be smart. It is always limiting, though, whether positive or not. And so often I have been wrong.
When exactly did I start to judge people? High school? Earlier? I cannot pinpoint it exactly and I'm not sure it really matters. I think the bigger question is when exactly--or not so exactly--can I stop doing this? I have made strides just by noticing this tendency and then telling myself to knock it off.
The place I'm headed? I'd like to be open--as open as a child. To be able to really see a person. To really be able to get to know them and let their true being unfold without any judgment. That's what I'd really love to be able to do. I'd. Really. Love. That.
Like this adorable little girl, I'd love to be able to turn myself upside down and just let all the preconceived notions fall from my head like leaves. How freeing would that be?
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