Troy's Times - May 1st, 2005
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“It is not important How we come to the events in our lives, but how we Deal with those events”- Troy
This week’s article: THE POWER OF A CHILD Sometimes the power that you need comes in small packages. For me, it was the hope of a child. Great things can be learned from children. Remember when you were a child? Did you believe that you could be anything you wanted when you grew up? When did you stop believing that? I saw hope for my future reflected in my son’s image of me. Once I caught a glimmer of that hope, I began to see it when I looked at the reflection in the mirror. He taught me that. He taught me to start believing that anything was possible again. He taught me to live my life with the hope of a child. How many times have you wanted to do something, to make a change in your life only to get bogged down with all of the reasons why it could never happen. You may say, “I want to go back and get my degree.” Then you start to hear the little voice in the back of your head. “How can I go to class around my work schedule?” “Who will watch the kids?” “I’m too old to go back to school.” And suddenly you realize you have been defeated before you’ve even picked up a course catalog. I have news for you. It wasn’t the job, the kids or the missed opportunity that defeated you. It was the little voice – the excuses that let you avoid the situation rather than dealing with it. They are the same excuses that cover up the real question – “What if I can’t?” I had listened to that little voice all of my life telling me why I couldn’t give up drugs, get a job, and love my family. “What if I failed?” “No one would hire me anyway.” “My family was better off without me.” The little voice was always with me. But, the day that I saw hope reflected in my child’s face, that little voice started getting fainter and fainter and the possibility of earning the hero status that my son had already bestowed upon me became greater and greater. For the first time in my life, I was truly focused on what was most important and it was all due to a child’s hope, not my son’s, but the hope that had been reawakened in me. Think, for a moment, about what it was like to have the hope and confidence of a child who knew that anything was possible. Now, do yourself a favor. Go over to a mirror and tell yourself whom you could be. “I could be a non-smoker.” “I could be the best salesman in my company.” “I could be a college graduate.” “I could be the parent that my child deserves.” If you hear that little voice start to creep in, say it to yourself again. In fact every time you hear that voice, find yourself a mirror and say it again. Drown that little voice out and create your own pivotal point. The point where the little voice no longer calls the shots. You do. If you can do just that, you have stepped through that gate onto the path to becoming the person that you always wanted to be.
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