Author Topic: Somethin\' sweet abt life  (Read 1803 times)

kenny

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Somethin\' sweet abt life
« on: March 21, 2005, 04:59:34 PM »
The funny thing about life is that you realize the value of something
only when
it begins to leave you. As my hair turned from black, to salt and
pepper and
finally salt without the pepper, I have begun to realize the
importance of
youth. At the same time, I have begun to truly appreciate some of the
lessons I
have leant along the way. I hope you will find them useful when you
plan your
career and life.



The first thing I have learnt is that we must always begin with our
strengths.
From the earliest years of our schooling, everyone focuses on what is
wrong
with us.



There is an imaginary story of a rabbit. The rabbit was enrolled in a
rabbit
school. Like all rabbits, it could hop very well but could not swim.
At the end
of the year, the rabbit got high marks in hopping, but failed in
swimming. The
parents were concerned. They said, \"Forget about hopping. You are
good at it
anyway. Concentrate on swimming.\" They sent the rabbit for tuitions in
swimming.



And guess what happened? The rabbit forgot how to hop! As for
swimming, have you
ever seen a rabbit swim? While it is important for us to know what we
are not
good at, we must also cherish what is good in us. That is because it
is only
our strengths that can give us the energy to correct our weaknesses.
                                   Kennyslim

Honeybunnie

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Somethin\' sweet abt life
« Reply #1 on: March 21, 2005, 08:14:49 PM »
Nice to read Kenny...This brings me to one of experiences as a kid that helped me realize my strenghts. I had always wanted to be a doctor, until one day, my sister fell while playing and seriously hurt herself. I almost passed out from the amount of blood that was gushing out of her knee, of course she had to go into surgery and all that, that scared the crap out of me, and I decided that medicine wasn\'t my line. But then , my mom opened her hospital, and I figure it\'d be so cool to be able to run the hospital and all and I went in the direction of medicine in high school, with all the chemistry etc, but as time went by, I realized that my strenght wasn\'t in biology and chemistry even though I was good in it, I was better at Physics and computers. Somehow I found my Niche in computers, but at this point in my life again, I feel like my life\'s aim is to be a lawyer, and so I am going to be going into law. The whole point of this story is that even though you might find your strenghts in one field during your life and career, it is very possible that you\'d still want to change. It has been found that most people change their careers at least three times during the course of their lives. But like you said, it\'s better to go on your strenghts than weaknesses.