Reverb10 - Dec 08 - Beautifully Different
Think about what makes you different and what you do that lights people up. Reflect on all the things that make you different - you’ll find they’re what make you beautiful.
(Author: Karen Walrond)
This is actually incredibly hard for me to do. The single reason being that I don't really like blowing my own trumpet or "biggin'" myself up. However I will try here and hope the experience is, in some ways, cathartic:
I think I light people up with my non-judgmental ear; I don't judge when people tell me things and I try to listen proactively and offer advice if it's asked for.
I also hope people like my honest fragility. I don't play my faults for cheap points, nor to garner sympathy. I try to be honest to myself and those I trust who are around me, and when I am down and hurting I ask for help for those I consider my friends. I might not get the help I want but I don't think it's wrong to ask for it when it's really needed.
Finally my ability to be childlike in an environment that, at times, can be very formal and restrictive. I make people laugh, I ask questions about them, their families, their lives and I can act like a child on a sugar high. I also can get overly tired and act like a bratty 4 year old that needs a nap, but again - none of this is staged, it is often a byproduct of my disinterest to become involved in the bitchy, scheming politics that infects the NHS and majority female companies as a whole (sorry girls but it's true).
In hindsight I don't think this was cathartic but it hardened my spine by talking about my strengths as well as my weaknesses.
(Author: Karen Walrond)
This is actually incredibly hard for me to do. The single reason being that I don't really like blowing my own trumpet or "biggin'" myself up. However I will try here and hope the experience is, in some ways, cathartic:
I think I light people up with my non-judgmental ear; I don't judge when people tell me things and I try to listen proactively and offer advice if it's asked for.
I also hope people like my honest fragility. I don't play my faults for cheap points, nor to garner sympathy. I try to be honest to myself and those I trust who are around me, and when I am down and hurting I ask for help for those I consider my friends. I might not get the help I want but I don't think it's wrong to ask for it when it's really needed.
Finally my ability to be childlike in an environment that, at times, can be very formal and restrictive. I make people laugh, I ask questions about them, their families, their lives and I can act like a child on a sugar high. I also can get overly tired and act like a bratty 4 year old that needs a nap, but again - none of this is staged, it is often a byproduct of my disinterest to become involved in the bitchy, scheming politics that infects the NHS and majority female companies as a whole (sorry girls but it's true).
In hindsight I don't think this was cathartic but it hardened my spine by talking about my strengths as well as my weaknesses.