Pegging Out the Wash

--- Forwarded message ---------- From:  ediewadsworth@mac.com   <ediewadsworth@mac.com> Date: Sat, May 5, 2018 at 8:28 AM Subject: when you feel inadequate to the task at hand.... To: jdavis8.2010@gmail.com ****************** I know there’s something in your life too, where you feel like you are not what you need to be, where you need to grow and learn and challenge yourself. Hear me sister. It is not too late.   YOU ARE NOT TOO OLD. YOU ARE NOT TOO FAR GONE. YOU ARE NOT TOO WEAK. You are capable of hard things and you are WORTH THE INVESTMENT. More than that, your people are worth the investment. We need you here and we need you to bring your A game to this fight because it’s for life.  So throw out the excuses and get to work. YOU ARE A GIFT AND A TREASURE and we need what you’ve got. So find a way to bring us the BEST YOU that there is.  You can do anything you set your mind to.  You have what it takes. And everyone around you will be blesse...

While I was visiting DC on our 6th grade field trip I had many thoughts and ideas.  (see Holocaust Museum) I was with my team and my friend, Smiley, was there as well. I felt put out while around  Smiley and his other teammates and I didn't like this reaction in myself. It made me feel more resolved to once again strengthen my relationship within myself. I am a good person. I have good ideas. I am intelligent, kind, and have a way with people.  I am good company. I need to enjoy it! One of the things I wanted to do with Smiley was to get a Bubble Tea. He has been raving about them, and in the city they are much easier to find. He and his team backed out on our Holocaust visit, and I felt disappointed. He got his tea with others. I got mine alone. Alone. I left my group as we were heading back to the bus. I got directions from Smiley, but had to navigate myself through the vague unknown. I did it. I am MORE than capable on my own. I live so close to many great place...