Self Development
I am also grateful for this time I have been given, not prison particularly, but the personal time I have to build myself. I did not realize for many years how far I was from being a success that one’s family and friends would be proud of. Not until I was about 40 years old did I realize that I need to do something to change the way I seen myself and how I would fit in this world. It was a book I read in college called “7 Habits” by: Covey, that I picked up one day while in prison and started reading it that I began to realize the true problem is not the world but me. What stuck out to me about this book was it concept on perception. It is not so much as the world we live in but the way I see the world, “my lens”. So it is not so much as trying to change people or the world but myself. This reminds me of a Bible passage that reads ” be (changed or) transformed by renewing of your minds…..”. This tells me that my development begins with my thinking.
Now I spend my days reading writing and talking to whoever will listen about self-development.
I am now a tutor once again in education as an GED tutor. My true calling is in teaching. It is in teaching that I find my best self. I feel the best and I feel fulfilled. What I love the most about teaching and helping others learn is not what I am giving but what I get; When I share lessons that I have learned or personal thoughts with others it is more of a learning experience for me than them I am my by best student.
Christian Shelton,
