I am going to split up the sessions from the ISLE into different journal sections. I don’t think you want to read everything I have to say about that day. It was a day full of knowledge. Now to start…
Oh what to say about David Coleman. He was a pretty good speaker. I didn’t want to wake up that morning. Saturday is the only day I get to sleep in, but he made it worthwhile. He was funny and I think he really made a connection to almost everyone in the room. I didn’t quite know what he meant by being remarkable until he gave us an example of what a remarkable boyfriend is. Oh my gosh I wish I had that! You can tell by that story that there are not many remarkable people in the world. How many boys do you know will bring a warm lunch to their girlfriend on a busy day and carry their bag to their next class, give them a kiss and say “I’ll walk you home after your last class.”? I got to say that would completely make my day. Anyway to get to the point, he really made me think about my character and reputation. It does matter to me how I look to the incoming students, my professors, and my future employers. Not to mention my other peers. I want to have the good character to achieve the good reputation. David Coleman had us stand and then sit down when the statement he said became true to us. I went down about half way through. I think that writing down my own weakest link list would be a really good idea to see where I stand. I think that a good activity in the fall would be to do the same thing. I think it is important to have good character. I was reminded that the things you practice are a large part of who you are. I think I’ll start mine right now (feel free to steal some if you are writing your own)…
I have gone faster in the left lane to make the car trying to pass me on the right angry.
I have showed road rage in my car toward other person when it might not have been there fault.
I have cursed in front of small children
I have skipped church to sleep in
I have talked behind my roommates back
I have purposely missed my mother’s phone calls because I didn’t feel like talking to her
I have been jealous of my friends
I have forgot to feed my fish
I have said that I couldn’t babysit because I wanted to sleep in
I have turned the heat up in my apartment so that I could be warm at the expense of my roommate
…Well here is the start to my list…trust me…there will be more.
One of the questions that I have is how did he get so good at giving speeches and feeling confident in front of all those people? I really could use some of his tips. He also had some great insight on what a true friend is and who cannot be your friends. I want to ask him some more personal questions on that.
Deb, I really like the fact you made your own weakest link list. I think that is a good idea, because then your aware of what things you can work on to be a better person. Which can link in you the true friend thing, like you said id like to hear more on that. It really hit home with me, because i felt that im a pretty good friend but now i can see its not true friend worthy behavior. Which tells me that i should probably change up some things in how i act with friends.
ReplyDeleteDavid Coleman really did do a great job of making us think, didn't he? It really isn't about how others perceive you because it's so easy to portray one thing but in actuality be another. You are who you really are when you're by yourself. It's great that you're making a list for yourself and I think it's something I should get started on as well. I have plenty of weaknesses and being aware of them will make me that much stronger in the end.
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