Gratitude
by Janet
Shlaes, Ph.D.
“I have
learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and
kindness from the unkind, yet strange, I am ungrateful to these teachers.”
~ Kahlil
Gibran
Have any of
your greatest teachers also presented you with your greatest challenges? Mine
certainly have. Several of my most powerful mentors were completely unaware
that they facilitated my professional and personal growth. Ironically, over
time, I am increasingly grateful to them for inadvertently providing me with
the challenges I needed to become the professional/person that I am today. From
these “accidental mentors,” I learned what not to do and say. These valued
lessons led the way to my discovering and embodying approaches and mindsets
that were more engaging, respectful and effective. Would I have preferred not
to have had to endure those lessons? Absolutely! However, with the wisdom acquired
through experience, I am profoundly grateful for those particular experiences.
Painful as they were, they served to reveal aspects of myself that needed to be
healed and/or strengthened. What about you?
Janet
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