As we all sat down for the final activity for
the Tela retreat I was thinking to myself that I was glad it was almost over.
It was hot and we were outside and I wasn’t in the greatest of moods. But when
Jeff brought out the yarn and told us what it was for, I got nervous out of
nowhere. I kept thinking to myself what am I going to say, is everyone going to
agree with me I didn’t know. I remembered in the previous activities that
people mad mention that they came from single parent homes like me. With this information
I felt that we in some way were connected. Yes we come from different parts of
San Diego and we all have different up bringing’s but our stories and goals are
one in the same. I looked back on the activities we did and I’m glad I came; I
got to learn a lot about my fellow scholars and I also learned a lot about
myself. I made a start in conquering my fear of public speaking and it’s all
due to the activities we did all day. Now I feel comfortable approaching my
classmates and my teachers and I also learned that it takes an incredibly
strong person to ask someone for help to achieve your overall goal. When the
yarn was thrown to me I knew exactly what I was going to say. I realized that
the yarn created a web and it represents that we are all connected as one
community.
Sunday, September 23, 2012
The Web that Captures the Lion
As we all sat down for the final activity for
the Tela retreat I was thinking to myself that I was glad it was almost over.
It was hot and we were outside and I wasn’t in the greatest of moods. But when
Jeff brought out the yarn and told us what it was for, I got nervous out of
nowhere. I kept thinking to myself what am I going to say, is everyone going to
agree with me I didn’t know. I remembered in the previous activities that
people mad mention that they came from single parent homes like me. With this information
I felt that we in some way were connected. Yes we come from different parts of
San Diego and we all have different up bringing’s but our stories and goals are
one in the same. I looked back on the activities we did and I’m glad I came; I
got to learn a lot about my fellow scholars and I also learned a lot about
myself. I made a start in conquering my fear of public speaking and it’s all
due to the activities we did all day. Now I feel comfortable approaching my
classmates and my teachers and I also learned that it takes an incredibly
strong person to ask someone for help to achieve your overall goal. When the
yarn was thrown to me I knew exactly what I was going to say. I realized that
the yarn created a web and it represents that we are all connected as one
community.
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I'm with you on this one brother, i felt the same way and its true a lot of us come from single mother's. i just hope you appreciate everything your mom has giving you, in my case i super appreciate my mother shes just not my mother shes my queen my everything. if i wasn't for her and all her hard work i don't think i would be here where I'm at right now. I was also nervous when we did the yarn exercise, but in a way i felt more connected with all our brothers&sisters.
ReplyDeleteRight on Jaret, like you I too felt anxious when it came time to share. But once I realized that I was amongst friends and colleagues I felt more at ease. I'm glad I got the chance to meet you and our fellow classmates and look forward to more experiences like the one we shared at the retreat.
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