October 24, 2016

"The important thing is this: to be able at any moment to sacrifice what we are for what we could become." - Charles Dubois

I am watching a movie as I write this. The movie is the “original” The Secret movie.

Here is a link to it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ioKU6Jue_k

They are talking about the word META as metaphysical. And they are talking about the META SECRET. It really talks about the secret from within. It talks about breaking away from society and following your instincts and build a life you want.

I teach in the community college system and am sort of seconded to the high school system. I have been observing the education system since I was in it 40 years ago. We have a system that currently is broken.  It was designed and built to develop a population of compliant cogs in an industrial complex.

As parents we develop wonderful individuals, free thinking and focused on developing a psyche of fulfillment. Then we send them to kindergarten and make them sit in rows, face the same way, say the same things, learn the same things and write the same things.

That is what the education system is supposed to do. The industrialists needed people who could count, read, and were trained to the point they did what they were told. As industry became more complex, curriculum changed to teach what the students needed to learn to become good cogs. In fact right now in our system “they” are always talking about how to adjust the school system to meet EMPLOYERS’ needs – not students’ needs.

So what I try to do is get my students to think out of their current system of beliefs. To understand that they are in control of their lives and that they should pursue whatever lights a fire in their bellies.

We have to sacrifice what we are currently to become what we want to be. Jim Rohn talks about the theory, “If you want more, you have to become more.”

That is what I am struggling with. The becoming more bit of things. I am working on myself and have to work on my business as well. This is a short note. I need to get some rest.

Peace.