How It Seems To Me
HOW IT SEEMS TO ME
In the final analysis
We are
alone
It is impossible to teach anyone
Or persuade anyone
Or convert anyone to new belief in anything
Impossible to solve anyone’s problems
To open doors for anyone.
They must do it for themselves.
When I teach people, some are ready and willing
To teach themselves, and do so.
Others are not ready - they learn nothing
Because they teach themselves nothing.
All that can be done is to teach myself
To persuade myself
To convert myself to better beliefs
To solve my own problems
To open doors for myself –
In the hope that a watching someone
May say, “Wow, if he can do it , anyone can do it!”
He does it alone, as I did.
This is the way it is naturally, like it or lump it.
And it is the best way
For us all to learn how to survive and prosper.
Copyright © Sidney Beck | Year Posted 2010
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