I have a former student who is great at helping others in terms of their Life and Career Choices. Insightful, Empathetic, Supportive, the adjectives of Advance Awesome could fill the page.
I was discussing this wonderful ability with her recently and listened as she spoke of some of her own lack of clarity in certain parts of her Life. It caused me to “sit back and ponder a while” on why someone can be so good at something and not seem to be able to help others do the same.
BUT ALSO, how someone could help others so well, and still feel a sense of incompleteness in their own personal development.
The effort of moving towards a sound and logical solution to such a challenging question is something akin to mastering Einstein’s’ Theory while riding a bike with one leg when it comes to my own feeble thought processes. But I did give the above question some considerable effort, although that might NOT mean much of a quality conclusion was formulated. However, I DID try!
Here is where I kind of “landed” on the above subject.
I am not sure anyone’s Life Picture is completed UNLESS we give up on trying to make it a little clearer and better. But if we can offer up a little bit of support and encouragement to others as they struggle with the same process of discovery, maybe we are, at the same time, bringing our OWN Picture into a better focus.
WOW. That was SOME SERIOUS Mental Effort for this Old Aggie Doc. Maybe I better stop this strenuous Brain exercise and go take a Nap!
For Liz.
Painting your own picture while helping other paint theirs
