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Wondering why people are always telling me what I can't do. Probably explains why I am always telling people what they can do and offering encouragement along the way. Started in high school with my guidance counselor laughing at me when I asked about applying to college in my junior year. She told me that I didn't have the grades or ability (oh yes she did) and that I should go to a secretarial school and marry a man!! I'm not THAT old so this happened at an age when it shouldn't have. Not only did I go to college but I managed to graduate and go on for my masters. Halfway through undergrad I needed to take a year off and my uncle told me I would never go back. Obviously I did.
I told my cousin I wanted to pursue a particular job in a certain field that is unique lets just say and she laughed at me and rolled her eyes and just said ok. My mother who witnessed this had the pleasure of answering her question 3 years later when asked "how's -insert name here doing?" that I was fine and had been working in X position for the past year. I was blessed to work there for 8 years before I decided to move on but the point is people have always seemed to go out of their way to tell me what I can't do.
Recently I was told by the owner of a local yarn shop I shouldn't even attempt to do this one pattern because I had never used two of the techniques before. Probably out of stubbornness, I finished the little project this weekend by leArning these two techniques (gotta love you tube) on my own. It was a challenge but it's not rocket science.
The recent example is a small minor one but I spent time on Sunday thanking the Lord for all my blessings but more importantly the wisdom to ignore those who can't for whatever reason lift people up. Also thanked him for making me so stubborn.
I told my cousin I wanted to pursue a particular job in a certain field that is unique lets just say and she laughed at me and rolled her eyes and just said ok. My mother who witnessed this had the pleasure of answering her question 3 years later when asked "how's -insert name here doing?" that I was fine and had been working in X position for the past year. I was blessed to work there for 8 years before I decided to move on but the point is people have always seemed to go out of their way to tell me what I can't do.
Recently I was told by the owner of a local yarn shop I shouldn't even attempt to do this one pattern because I had never used two of the techniques before. Probably out of stubbornness, I finished the little project this weekend by leArning these two techniques (gotta love you tube) on my own. It was a challenge but it's not rocket science.
The recent example is a small minor one but I spent time on Sunday thanking the Lord for all my blessings but more importantly the wisdom to ignore those who can't for whatever reason lift people up. Also thanked him for making me so stubborn.