Comments on: Sweat Equity

By: Leandra

Leandra — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 04:22:15 +0000

Alauna, you’re right. Society does expect perfection from us. One day, I noticed how my sister, mother, and I would jump all over my brother if he made a simple mistake that kids make: spilling something, dropping something, taking too long to do something. It hit me that we somehow, stupidly expected this child to be PERFECT on command purely for our convenience.

I know this had to effect his self-esteem and how he feels about himself when he makes mistakes, and that’s such a shame because it’s how we all learn. It’s unfair to expect perfection from anyone other than ourselves. If we’re being honest with ourselves, we’ll know how frequently we fall short and know that it’s completely unrealistic to maintain that expectation of anyone else.

Go through the rain with your head high; it’s only a moment. It never lasts forever.

By: Alauna Fizer

Alauna Fizer — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 03:41:06 +0000

This couldn’t have been more perfect. Society trains us to be perfectionists and when our lives don’t follow that model, it becomes a quarter-life crisis. I know I’ll be fine, as the rain always sucks when you get caught in it…But when you look back at the time you got drenched because you didn’t think it was gon rain..you laugh…you’ve leaned…you’re better.:)

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By: Leandra

Leandra — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 16:41:45 +0000

You hit it on the nail with it’s what you do afterwards that counts. Sometimes, it’s difficult to remember that, I suppose, but it’s just a matter of reprogramming ourselves to accept that mistakes are a part of life and they’re OKAY! You want to obviously avoid the really big ones, but…you know…do your best.

Where do you volunteer? That was actually my first time volunteering with Proyecto Azteca. Right now, I’m actually an AmeriCorps VISTA so I’m a full-time volunteer at a school working in the Service Learning Center providing service opportunities for students on-campus. Each month, I get to do a different direct service project at least once a month in addition to the indirect service I do at the school every day.

By: LaTosha Johnson

LaTosha Johnson — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 16:36:51 +0000

I couldn’t agree with you more! I to have been mulling over some mistakes that I have made along the way, but then I snap out of it. We all make mistakes but what really matters is what you do afterwards that counts.

The organizations you volunteer for sounds amazing! I volunteer too so I love it when I hear others doing the same