My Kind of Crazy

How I approach difficult tasks

In my youth I was pretty timid, unwilling to try new things and a bit awkward. As you may have figured this lead to a lot of name calling and taunting. You can say I was bullied, which was true, but at the moment that’s not the subject I want to touch on.

As I said I was timid, it wasn't until I reached Junior High that I gained a support group of like minded timid peers. Here among this group I took on a leadership role, you could say. By being the least timid amongst my group. From this I can say, I grew less timid to the point that I am at today, with a bump or two along the way mind you.

But getting back to my crazy. The reason I say my approach to difficult task is a bit usual is that while I appear and seem a fairly cautious. I do enjoy challenging myself. Maybe not so much physically anymore, but mentally, because I love to learn new things and to push myself as to what I can learn and do. Now maybe that doesn't seem so weird to you, but when you understand where I came from, I think it makes perfect sense.

Someone may ask, “is this all you had to do to drive yourself to meet challenges?” My reply to that would be no, it wasn't all I had to do. It took me many years to scratch the surface to give myself the okay to be better and to do better. To turn off those voices inside me that tell me and a lot of people, your no good.

Maybe the breakthrough comes when you see all that could have done. Then you hold next to you a 7 lb bundle of potential you don’t want to see go down the same road you did. Then somehow all that praise, encouragement, and love you shower them with radiates within yourself. Because, as you realize this is true within them, that hey, this could be true within you.

So as I write these words about how I look forward to the continuing challenges I have to meet. Just may be you can take from this some simple truth. That no matter the obstacles are before you, with repeated effort, you will win.