As a kid, I use to think that grown-ups had all the answers
and how I couldn’t wait to know everything myself! Well, like most adults, I
found out that life is a form of learning on the job un-winnable, test with
multiple correct answer and incorrect answers-lol! I also realized that fear of
the unknown or doing something new keeps people from being the best them they
can and should be. A recent goal I set
for me and my family is being conscious of un-training the elephant. Let me explain what that means: They say
Elephants never 4 get things they learn. Usually this can be a good thing, but
not always, especially when it comes to change. I entitled this blog this way
because I have my moments of doubt, fear and insecurities when it comes to thy
self. Heck we all do if we are being
honest with ourselves.
Most people who know me will be quick to tell you that I
enjoy public speaking. Ironically, I have not always been that way! I would get
so nervous when asked to speak but after being a substitute teacher in some of
the roughest school Indianapolis has to offer no only forced me speak often but
actually start to enjoy doing it. I had to accept that it is a part of life and
its natural. The key for me, was knowing that failing to prepare for anything
is really planning to fail at the task. I began to read things of interest such
as the Bible, Relationship books, Journals and strange news stories on the web.
I read about an African American male who is in the 8th grade has
earned 6 figures from the stock market because he immolated his mother who
vowed to never be broke again! I read about how a man left his secure job at
IBM to pursue a career as comedian (yeah he rich) and I even found out how Stella
got her groove back. The thing all these people have in common is they were all
in uncharted territories of their lives, but they looked/pushed past the fear
and made it happen! We don’t have to have all the answers in life; we just need
to know where to find them.
Man wasn’t born with a spirit of fear was he not? Any new
parent can quickly tell you how you must keep your eye on a kid who is learning
how to walk. Them suckers will pull up on anything with in hand reach distance
and we are not gonna talk about what they will put in they mouths! So it seems
when it comes to fear, we are taught like that elephant was. If we live in the
hood, we are taught we are not suppose 2 walk in affluent neighborhoods. If we
don’t have a college degree, we are taught we shouldn’t apply for leadership
positions and if we are African American/Latino we can never be President of
the U.S.A either????? Whatever we need
to do, May it be, losing weight, getting married, learning to cook or searching
4 the true God: Wardy advises this: Stop
being afraid of change and put on your big girl panties and go out there and
show the world why you deserve to be fear free in 2013 and beyond.
I Am Ward......
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