The other day I was walking across the campus when I heard a joyful
scream coming from behind me. "Dr. Schmier!"
I turned. It was Jenny (not her real name). She ran up to me
exclaiming. "I'm making good grades in all my classes. You were right. All
those conversations you had with me. Everyone said I couldn't do college. I
believed them even though I was here only because it was expected in me. But,
I do have it in me! I'm going to try to make Dean's List this semester!"
Acting as a telepath, I looked at her with a quizzical smile, hoping
that she heard me say that she had used the wrong verb. She must have either
heard me or read my face. She corrected herself. "No, I know. 'Do or do not;
there is no try.' And, if I want it to be done, it can be done; and, if it can
be dome, I will do whatever it takes to do it. I hear you. I will 'do.' I
will make Dean's List. And, it's because of you!"
"It's because," I countered, "you believe. Let me know and we'll
celebrate together."
I gave her an approving smile and said, "Remember, 'impossible' is only
in your mind; it's not in your soul.
She jumped at me, gave me another hug, and whispered in my ear, "I feel
so alive. I'll never stop believing in me. And if I ever hesitate again or
listen to someone dissing me, I'll hear you saying 'believe,' and I will.
Thank you."
While those words, that hug, and the sunny, confident smile on her face
blurred my vision, they made the bright morning a bit brighter and the day a
bit more worth living. When I got to my garden. I noticed a dandilion among
the amaryllis, saw Jenny's smile, and said to myself something A.A.Milne wrote,
"Weeds are flowers, once you get to know them."
Make it a good day
-Louis-
Louis Schmier
http://www.therandomthoughts.edublogs.org
203 E. Brookwood Pl http://www.therandomthoughts.com
Valdosta, Ga 31602
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