1/31/2014 1 Comment Running Away (Part 2)So this was it. I was nervous, but I didn’t care. I was finally getting what I wanted - a chance to meet him - a chance that only months before, I was just praying for.
I’d seen him around campus a handful of times not counting the numerous times his face had been splashed across the front of the sports section of our university paper for leading our basketball team to victory. I was in love and convinced that this was the guy for me; or at least that we could date. . . .maybe?
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All of a sudden I’m in front of people.
I’m not used to this spot. No. I’m comfortable being in the background. In the shadows. Thinking but not saying. Wishing but not acting. Following – not leading. I suppose that it is here that I should have a profound quote regarding leadership that dispels my lack of confidence in such a thing and that says how important it is to take on this role in life, but I don’t have any of that. Not because I couldn’t find such a quote – no, there are plenty of them out there; but this is a post about my perspective on my transition from the shadows to the forefront, managing myself in this process and quite frankly how I am dealing with it. 9/10/2013 You Gotta Get it Wrong to Get it Right!There's a funny thing about not being perfect and that is the fact that you have to work through all the mess. What mess? The mess we make in attempting something new. The "mess" we make in being ourselves. The mess we make in doing. Maybe that’s why a lot of us don’t do – because it is messy and we don’t want anyone to get the perception that we’re not perfect. Where did we get this perception that we are or “should be” perfect? Maybe it comes from the concept of growing up. . . .
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