I feel crazy today. Like none of my efforts are worth anything. Let me explain a little. Sometimes it seems like no matter what I do, how I feel or where I go I don't have an impact. I already know how this sounds. Whoa is me right? But over the past few weeks I have felt very ineffective. When I try to speak up about an issue it is quickly pushed aside, or someone tells me that I am wrong for feeling that way. It is frustrating. For a former spontaneity lover gone superwoman planner I am left feeling perplexed. I plan so much now and tend to know how things will play out and they go my way much of the time. Blame motherhood, marriage, teaching and managing 85+ student lives and decisions daily. But of late the fireside of me has been coming to the surface. Wanting more. More commitment from others. More fervor for work. More passion. More care. Hence the feeling of craze. The saga continued I guess...
People put so much emphasis on perfection when thinking about Jada Pinkett-Smith and celebrities/politicians in general. I think about all of the naysayers saying that she can't be an expert on interpersonal relationships or give advice through channels like the Red Table Talk series because of her recent admission of supposed infidelity in her marriage. But she is a human being. That is one thing that has frightened me in all of my professional journeys. People believe that if you fail in one aspect of your life then you don't have the right to give advice to anyone in another area or even in that area of life. It is a perceived notion that you must be perfect all around, have a perfect image everywhere so that you can advise. People are trying to cancel her saying that she can't give anyone advice on anything anymore because of this new revelation. This revelation that is new to us. But who are we really? My question comes in how can people grow if the mistakes they make ...
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