its only natural at the beginning of a new year to ponder on new years resolutions (or declarations as aaron pratt calls them).... well, i'm about to show you a video..... this is a video of me trying to break a board. hilarious? of course! but it taught me something very powerful.
me breaking the board was supposed to be symbolic of me facing my fears and breaking through them to reach my goals. well, i was afraid of breaking that board. i failed the first time and it HURT LIKE HECK! but i got it the second time with the help of MACY HALLADAY (who is incredible).
this exercise was so awesome i decided to do it with my new students in my TA class. this is what i noticed:
- every student who looked directly at the board when trying to hit DID NOT BREAK the board. if we spend all our time looking at our fears, we wont be able to reach our goals because we dont know what they are-- we have lost sight of them.
- its a feeling of satisfaction when you actually break the board, just like when you overcome one of your fears..... its a great feeling no? makes you want to break another one!
- it hurts! even when you are successful at breaking the board, your hand might feel a little sting. in life, we cant get away free from scratches and bruises... even when we do things right, even when we accomplish something good.
- sometimes all we need is a little encouragement. we need to know that someone else is on our side-- its a lot easier to face that HUGE list of fears when you feel like there are people behind you.... pushing you along.
well, enough of that analogy. i'm ready for the new year.....
i've broken a board so how hard can a couple of fears be? right?
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