Is there something you are doing for someone else that you actually want to do for yourself?
Friday, June 22, 2007
Taking care of you
Is there something you are doing for someone else that you actually want to do for yourself?
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The surrogate children that I teach love chess. The 300$ after taxes, that I earn for coaching the whole year, I sink totally into the program since there are no funds. I asked the woodshop class to make giant chess pieces for outdoor chess with the lumber and paint I bought. I offer an outlet for students twice a week in my classroom that might be otherwise be getting into trouble. They painted a 100 sq ft yard chess board with the school colors and beautiful indigenous wildlife in the surrounding border of the cement chess board. The biggest complaint about the school is the ugly grey cement building. Now there is a beautiful board in the center with the "cougar pride" mural right behind it.
We have played chess outside a few times and hope to have some human chess next year if I decide to go back.
I would have loved to have this opportunity as a child especially if there was nothing but poverty in my home life living in a shack with no heat.
I give because it makes me feel good inside especially when I see these students walking tall now when they have had mr labels since early in school.
"one of the greatest pleasures in life is doing something great when others says you can't and proving them wrong!"
I hope this doesn't qualify as babble to you.
The thing that I am doing for someone else, that I would actually want to do for myself is to work at getting my art sold. I am currently helping a friend of mine sell her art on eBay... I wish I was helping myself get my own art sold on eBay...
Mostly though, I must be pretty selfish and self absorbed, because I can't think of anything else I do for others that I wish I was doing for myself.
The thing that I am doing for someone else (several someone elses, actually) is giving unconditional support, love and reassurance that "I believe in you". I do a lot of "cheerleading" for others but then I find I don't lead cheers for myself very often, or feel unconditionally supported by others.
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