Archive for March, 2011
Greatest Lesson I Learned from Someone Else
Although I dislike quantifying or labelling something as being the greatest or best ___ (insert thing) to have occurred in my life. The greatest lesson I have ever learned was from my mother and that was to just be yourself. It sounds very simple and yes, it is very cliche, but it is very true.
One of the best things about university, is that most of what you take for granted is systematically challenged and questioned. This was where I really discovered what she meant by that line of folk wisdom. Although I tried not to show it, I was actually a little out of sorts for the first while because I didn’t settle in immediately. Eventually, once I started to relax and yes, “be myself”, I got closer with my new friends and met many new people. When meeting someone new for the first time, try and just be yourself, that way you will be thought of for the right reasons.
cheers,
graham