You know that drive you have to be praised? The one that makes you live an imbalanced life and mess up your priorities? I'm at the point where the gas tank for that drive is empty, or at least I sure hope so.
Sarah doesn't actually shun commendations, it was more for the alliterative effect that I said that. See, for one of my classes my professor said I had an A with commendations. And I was psyched. And then it hit me, it is good to get praise, but you shouldn't depend on it. I don't want to shun people's praise, but I do want to clean out any of that need to be praised, to justify myself to others.
This semester I've had misunderstandings and failures. And I'm so glad I have. I've made a fool of myself, I haven't done the most impressive work. But for the first time I've been trying to do things I know I can't really do yet. And I've learned. And I've realized I don't need to have some excuse for not being stellar.
Cheesy but poignantly true post-ender: Because JESUS is the star!
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