“Congratulations!” said a college classmate of mine. “I am so proud of you!” said friends of
family members. I graduated from Southwest Baptist University
It didn’t take long for my life to get stuck in a rut. As a student in school I was growing and
learning everyday. Even though I
continued to learn from my students to a certain extent, my personal growth had
ceased. In fact any growth I obtained
was accidental instead of intentional.
The rut I had fallen into was planning to start tomorrow
rather than insisting on starting today.
I wanted personal growth to occur, but I was not taking responsibility
for my personal growth everyday. I was
learning from my mistakes. How would me
life had been if I had learned before my mistakes?
I see where I was a hard worker, I persevered many times, I
followed through with my commitments, and I did like learning. Looking back once in a great while I would
read personal development books, but never consistently.
Here is the deal. For
the past three years I have dedicated myself to constantly improving
myself. I read and listen to personal
development books and cd’s everyday. I,
also, include attending events to listen to inspiring speakers. All of this is done in correlation with
studying the Bible. It has changed my
life.
Many times I find myself accomplishing things that used to
scare me. Today, I confidently speak and
do things without a thought. I become
excited when I realize that I have grown.
It is an awesome feeling and I love it.
As time marches on I realize that I am not just getting
older, I am getting better.
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