To tell my story, I must start from the beginning.
I was one of those children who got physically ill when the teacher gave out essay assignments. I just wasn’t good at writing even in my own first language, which is Afrikaans. I got so scarred that I couldn’t think. I was never good at putting my thoughts on paper. Even when I left school and started to work. Every time, I was asked to write a letter for my Boss or a proposal I would try everything to get out of it and let me tell you I am not scarred of work. I just didn’t want to fail because I knew writing was definitely not my strong point. I really hated writing.
So, what changed for me? I started with the MKE course and what did they do, they told me on the very first day that I had to write a blog. I couldn’t believe my ears but, in my application, I told them, I wanted to change. I want to re-write my blue print and yes, you guess it, I had to change my attitude towards writing.
Here we go. The first three days I felt completely lost. I didn’t know if I was coming or going but when I was awarded this scholarship, I decided that I was going to put all my effort into this project.
I started reading the book and documents and oh my, what a shock. The book was ok, but the Master Key was a very different story. I didn’t understand a word. I could see it was English but I really had to concentrate on what I was reading. I had to re-read the Master Key over and over, it was extremely difficult for me to comprehend. I persevered and slowly it started to make sense and every time I read it, I understood it a little bit more.
I really enjoyed The Worlds Greats Salesman and by now I had been reading it for a few days. One morning I woke up and suddenly I had words flowing from my mind. I started writing my thoughts. I couldn’t believe it, I was writing. Wow, it was an amazing feeling. I wasn’t scared of writing anymore. The words were flowing from my mind like a river. It was the most amazing feeling I felt in very long time. I felt alive and wanted to study harder and faster. I put all my energy in to doing this course, every day, the whole day.
I was still lost with what I was supposed to do but I just kept on trying, to figure things out and by Wednesday I finally got the hang of it. I wrote my DMP. Amazing, did I really do that?
Now just think, if I was able to get over my fear of writing in a few days on this course, imagine the possibilities of what I can achieve in the next six months.
Let the journey continue!
You’re experiences this past week are so inspiring! So happy that you stuck with the writing and experienced “words flowing from my mind like a river” ! And congrats on writing your DMP! Your possibilities ARE endless and thank you for sharing your successes! 🙂 Woohoo!
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