Modeling behaviors
By
Anita L. Coles
I am a very social person and in the course of my socializing
I have met so many people that have inspired me along the way. However, if I
had to choose one person it would be a tossup between my best friend Janet and
my aunt Juanita.
The reason why Janet and I became such very good friends (we
are more like sister now) was because she dared to tell me to my face about
something that she felt I needed to know
that others were saying behind my back. She was not rude but she was sincere,
she was not judgmental but she knew I could do better and called me on it.
My first reaction was anger; how dare her, she did not know
me well enough to dare be that honest… then I stop for a minute and realized
the fact that she did not know me that well and yet she was willing to put her
neck on the line to help me. I immediately went from feeling anger, to feeling very,
blessed I realized that she was a good friend I just needed to see that. I soon
came to realize that not only was Janet a loyal friend she was also humorous,
very giving and very slow to judge. So when she does you know that she has researched
and researched and pondered before taking action is taken.
The other person I actually have tried to model myself after
is my aunt Juanita. She is 90 years of age. She is currently studying Hebrew which
correlates with her business. She has her own ministry /home teaching studio
for young children. Her staff members
needs to be able to speak, write, and teach at least two languages. She loves children
and has tons of patience when it comes to children
What I like most of all about my aunt is ever since I have
known my aunt she has always indulged herself in higher education, and although
she has many degrees she is very much down to earth . In my opinion my aunt has
always been and still is a very wise but humble woman I can talk with my aunt
about anything at any time.
She has always taken
the time to listen without any signs of a judging me or trying to give me advice.
My aunt is my hero!!
Anita,
ReplyDeleteI think it makes two of us that will call your Aunt our hero because, she is my hero. Listening skill without pre judging and or advising is a great skill.
For Juanita to be taking a course on Hebrews now is a great due to her quest to communicate even better.
What a passion to be most effective. Salute Juanita.
HI Anita,
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like you are very blessed with very special people around you. Hearing your aunts story is very inspirational. How awesome! to be ninety, full of wisdom, and still know there is more room for learning. I think many children that drop out of school because they think they are done or because they think it is too late to go back could learn a lesson from your tia(aunt). The fact that she has the motivation to learn a new language at that age is just fascinating. Thank you for sharing such an inspirational story, I'll make sure I tell other people about your aunt so they can learn from her.