Cherish your peculiar uniqueness
A conference speaker asked attendants to quickly cut paper and depict a personal role. I “origamied” an ark full of connected figures (representing my role providing places for people helping each other alleviate the impact of traumatic stress). For the rest of the weekend, people teased me about “outdoing” them on the project. Mine was the only 3D representation.
There will be times when people tease you. Keep your sense of humor and secretly cherish your own peculiar uniqueness. This is my flashback of good for today. Suzy Shepard
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The aspen tree is a study in resilience. Thousand year old aspen roots survive forest fires and send up new trunks. When traumatic life experiences burn on the surface, remember the aspen. Your deep roots will survive and grow into a life not wasted - a life worth living. You will have flashbacks of good.
July 1st, 2008 at 6:54 am
Don’t be afraid to be more talented than others. Sometimes there are certain areas in which we outshine our friends or family. Celebrate your talents and one day, they will too.
July 2nd, 2008 at 7:46 am
I LOVE your 3-D representation.! It shows how connected we all are in this world and how we should stand together to help each other out. This is the role we ALL should be representing!! Shame on those who teased you. They should have rejoiced in your talent to clearly illustrate your love of everyone around you and how you strive to help those in need.
July 4th, 2008 at 8:03 pm
Yours was not only 3-D, you expressed what was in your heart. Then you figured out how to depict it then cut it beautifully and painted it . Your natural talent certainly outshined anything I could even think of much less actually cut out and put together!
Sometimes people are so competitive that they always have to “win” even when winning is not the point. If people could just celebrate each other’s unique gifts rather than use them as a meausure of their own perceived inadequacies, they would feel the joy of recognizing another’s job “well done” and revel in that joy for another.