Nothing's ever out of reach, so dream, dream, dream!

This post is prompted by two things that happened to me today. The first:

I was walking back from the gym earlier, and I was considering how happy I was with my presentation. I was glad that I had done well, despite what I had foreseen for myself, and I remembered something I had been told: You have unlimited potential in whatever you pursue. Who had said it? My 8th grade history teacher had written it in my yearbook. I have chosen to believe it, despite the source. I say "despite" because this is the same teacher who told us that Africa was in the western hemisphere, among other things. You can't be wrong all the time, right? Anyway, I had made a little paper sign of that statement as a reminder to myself throughout high school, and it served me well. It has stayed on my cork board; I never took it to college. Perhaps I would have less of a confidence issue. Who knows? My point is that if you don't believe in yourself, you won't go to far. Even if other people believe in you. And if they do, it's probably a good sign that you should, too.

The second:

I was instant messaging a friend, to whom I found it necessary to give the following piece of advice: If you want to catch a frog, you can't worry about getting you shorts wet. It was especially applicable then, but you could put it to anything. If, for example, I want to be a teacher, I can't worry about standing up in front of the class and speaking. It's an occupational hazard that I have to accept, or get another occupation. The choice is always yours. You decide what the cost is, if the temporary wet shorts are worth the frog or not. I promise that your shorts will dry. Maybe I have taken the metaphor a bit far, but your shorts will dry. They can't stay wet forever.

That's that. Coherent or not. I just wanted to share. After all, I am learning about the world.

Currently reading: Nothing per se. I took another stab at Anna Karenina after finishing Run, but to minimal success. I just needed a workout book. Great Expectations is next. And this book called The Historian.

Listening to: "Dare to Dream" by Jo Dee Messina. "Let your heart and soul lead the way. Live, love, seize the day and dare to dream." <3

- Rachel