I am an example.
Sometimes I make bad desicions--I waste time on wikipedia instead of working, I don't put all I have into a practice session. I wear t-shirts with offensive band names on them. Sometimes I have bad days. Most times I have good ones.
When I first thought of myself as an example, I saw eyes everywhere. What if someone saw that? What kind of example does that make me? I beat myself up for being human until I decided to start seeing my examples as human too. Then I relaxed, was who I was, who I am. Decided that only showing people a part of my life as an example wasn't a very good example. That even on my bad days I can maybe still inspire someone. If so and so slacks off, well, I shouldn't feel so bad. But then he or she snaps out of it and keeps going. If my examples are human but still do what they do, and if I can show people the same quality, isn't that so much better?
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