I feel grateful and humbled by the teachers that I have along the way. They give me strength, wisdom and extraordinary courage to spread my wings and fly. ©Alexis Rose, Photo by Allef Vinicius on Unsplash Thank you for reading my books: If I Could Tell You How It Feels, and Untangled, A Story of Resilience, Courage, and Triumph
Re-blog of a beautiful and thought provoking post by Alexis Rose. But I would like to ask, can we really give somebody strength, wisdom and courage? Or can we simply “HOLD” them until they are ready to trust in their own strength, wisdom and courage?
I think every good teacher, mentor, mother, parent, carer knows they CAN be an external motivator, encouraging you along the right path but they can’t give you anything unless you are internally motivated; open to, ready, willing, to accept it and to change in a positive way; …they simply SUPPORT you, using unconditional love and a lot of other techniques and skills in finding your own strength, wisdom and extraordinary courage, which was simply buried under life’s struggles, dented confidence and injured self-esteem!
What do you think? Do people give you courage etc or do they simply model what courage looks like until you are ready to acknowledge your own innate abilities and talents?
Much love,
Marie xx
July 26, 2018 at 8:02 am
This is a nice post. Thank you for sharing. 🙂
If you have time, let me know what you think of mine – https://www.markmyworld.me/2018/07/02/bekind-challenge/
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July 26, 2018 at 12:41 pm
Thank you for sharing!!… 🙂
“The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of his wisdom but rather leads you to the threshold of your mind.” Kahlil Gibran
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July 26, 2018 at 12:45 pm
You are welcome Larry or do you prefer ‘Dutch’! And thank you for stopping in to visit! I love, love, love this quote and will be making a note of it…thanks for sharing!
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July 26, 2018 at 1:00 pm
Either one is fine… 🙂 glad you liked the quote… 🙂
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July 28, 2018 at 2:31 am
I believe we can pass on wisdom to those whom seek it, sadly in today’s world, learned wisdom from life’s experience gets overlooked & many times held in disdain to the detriment.
We can only be examples & living memorials of traversing life with all its Hills & Valleys, but it is up to those who truly seek courage to be inspired by our experience!
Courage comes from encouragement to face the discouraging & fearful things of life…we can’t inject it into others but can inspire courage to come forth.
Jennifer
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July 29, 2018 at 4:11 am
Perfectly said Jennifer and I agree wholeheartedly exactly as I have been and continue to learn from my Adlerian journey. X
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