He came up to me and said, “You
can be a good speaker” I stood there flabbergasted and thought, “Can I really
be so?”
Being a good speaker is very important.
I have to speak to the people as my job is such that I am management level of
the company.
I was aware of the fright that
stole all the dreams from my eyes when I imagined of conducting Board Meeting
in front of the Directors or any other such meetings. I understood that speaking in public forum was not an easy task.
Every single member applauded as He
spoke on the podium. It was remarkable indeed not because he was an awesome
speaker but a thought kept on running at the back of my mind. I was thinking at
what on Earth I had done to get such person as my guide!!
I got him as mentor; guide and I
feel that is a kind of remarkable achievement for me. I don’t understand that a
person who has every little happiness of life and a lot more scope to earn
more; let it be happiness or revenue ,how can he be such a great guide to a
novice like me.
I joined Toastmasters, a club for
public speaking. I had always been a person who had so much stage fright that
it kept me away from the stage. This club was related to public speaking and I
owe to my friend who introduced me to this club.
A public forum but it had so much
of goodness in it that I decided to join it. The criticisms were made in such
way that it helped only to improve and it did not demoralize.
A great friend of mine who always
somehow managed to inspire and motivate took me there for a visit. I didn’t expect
much help from my friend because I didn’t wanted to be depending on her. But
there were again cards from the DESTINY and HE always knows what is good and
how the things are to be placed on right path.
What I didn’t know is that my
wishes had so much strength that I got nothing but the best. There was a lot of
grudge in my heart that here also I will be over ruled by the people and I will
be the back bencher. But my journey began with bang.
He came to fore front and simply
guided me. Under his guidance I have started growing more and more and have
become so organized that rather than dictating things, I have started accepting
more.
In fact we had become such good
friends that we share a lot. He doesn’t only guide me in playing roles or
speeches but simply is helping in recognizing myself. Patience is one of the traits
that help in earning toughest goal. But I am still to gain this trait and in
midst of all this I am finding my own true self that has a lot of peace in its
own self.
My thought process has become so organized that it runs on right track and I don’t need to run behind them to
catch them. My thoughts just calms down whenever I am screwed and I can’t
manage the things up to the mark.
I am amazed to see the radicle
change that is coming in me. I am just awestruck the way things are improving and
rather as a person I am improving.
Dealing with my thoughts was the
most difficult task that I had. It was tough for me to handle the rejections
and dejection. I always ran behind proving myself. But the things are changing
now. I have started loving myself and it is just so wonderful. While I have so
much positive people around me it is real difficult for the negative forces to
strike me back again. Letting go but still holding on is the true faith that
someone should have while loving someone.
Toastmasters are helping me to
revive the true gift of life and that is happiness. Being happy without reason is
the most difficult task and I am slowly mastering that art. Being at peace with
self is the best thing that life can gift and I have suddenly received from
nowhere.
There is always a point a person
a place from where it’s important to start afresh. Leave all the old, rotten
memoirs and move on to create new and fresh memories. That friend of mine
brought the new dawn in my life and I owe to her as I turn to be more positive
and innovative.
Life will move on and it will
again take me to somewhere new. But one thing is for sure that the Toastmaster
episode will be an episode is to be remembered for the years to come and I will
owe for my life the people who are encouraging me to BE WHAT I AM.
