“For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by doing them.” Hannah Arendt
Almost all of us can identify with the frustration of a new graduate who job hunts for months on end without getting hired because he lacks experience and yet the only way he can get experience is when someone gives him the chance and hires him. Hannah probably had this sort of scenario in mind when she made the statement above.
Similar quotes are rife when studying a second language. In French, we have ‘en parlant qu’on parle’ meaning ‘practice makes perfect’. Teachers realizing the all important truth; to learn or excel in anything, you have to be doing it.
Simple enough but we hardly live by it. How often have you had your bubble burst when you attempted to do something? Bubble bursters will always be there; lurking in the shadows waiting to pounce at you, your ideas and ultimately stop you from doing. It hurts especially when a close friend or spouse is the face behind the ‘pop’ but isn’t it much worse when we burst our own bubbles ?
The people we admire most, certainly the ones that make impact are those ones that kept on ‘doing’ they prove the pessimists wrong as James Baldwin clearly put it ‘those who say it can't be done are usually interrupted by others doing it’. Take a hint from that and keep on doing.
We all have talents and gifts that we need to develop and use. Skill sets that will take us to places we have only ever been in our dreams. A sage like no other put it this way “A man’s gift makes room for him and brings him before great men”. Proverbs 18:16.
Almost all of us can identify with the frustration of a new graduate who job hunts for months on end without getting hired because he lacks experience and yet the only way he can get experience is when someone gives him the chance and hires him. Hannah probably had this sort of scenario in mind when she made the statement above.
Similar quotes are rife when studying a second language. In French, we have ‘en parlant qu’on parle’ meaning ‘practice makes perfect’. Teachers realizing the all important truth; to learn or excel in anything, you have to be doing it.
Simple enough but we hardly live by it. How often have you had your bubble burst when you attempted to do something? Bubble bursters will always be there; lurking in the shadows waiting to pounce at you, your ideas and ultimately stop you from doing. It hurts especially when a close friend or spouse is the face behind the ‘pop’ but isn’t it much worse when we burst our own bubbles ?
The people we admire most, certainly the ones that make impact are those ones that kept on ‘doing’ they prove the pessimists wrong as James Baldwin clearly put it ‘those who say it can't be done are usually interrupted by others doing it’. Take a hint from that and keep on doing.
We all have talents and gifts that we need to develop and use. Skill sets that will take us to places we have only ever been in our dreams. A sage like no other put it this way “A man’s gift makes room for him and brings him before great men”. Proverbs 18:16.
Do you know that a man's gift does not just make room for him? He has to do alot of things first. If it was a physical gift, he would have thought about it, chose it, wrapped it and all of that. If as I would like to think, it was a talent, he would have honed it to the point where he stood out.
Would you like to be the best that there is? Excel in a field? Experience fulfillment? Thrive regardless of the economic situation where you live? Learn new things? Yes it may require some time, going back to school, money, whatever. The answer lies in your doing, doing and doing alone. Take a step. You have what it takes, so do!
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This article is what I am facing these days...Sigh....however, it has been good and inspiring to read it. Kiss Kiss
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ReplyDeleteThat's awesome to see that you used both Baldwin and Arendt in this post.
So, how can I help you with critique. Do you want to know what I think about the subject matter or how well it's written?....
@Saima - what can I say?
ReplyDelete@ Sarah - I quite enjoyed combining them... I will contact you but you can always comment on here about what you think about the matter and how it was written too...