I sat in the doctors office smelling disinfectant.
I always exaggerated my condition.
Feigning sympathy, for attention.
What small bruise would I magnify today?
The doctor walked in and met my pout prepared face.
He asked me where I hurt with genuine concern on his face.
I showed him my bruised knee and explained that I couldn't walk.
Every time I tried, I was uncomfortable from the pain.
He looked at me and smiled and told me to GET UP.
GET UP and walk across the room, (he pointed) and straight out that door!
"But, I fell down and hurt myself, and it hurts to walk," I complained.
The next words that the doctor said to me, changed my life, so I will pass them on:
"If I told you to get up and walk out that door, and you say that you "can't," you are a liar! If I were to cut off your legs, then tell you to walk out that door, THEN you would be able to honestly say, "I can't!""
After I got over my embarrasment I really thought about what the doctor was saying.
Unless it is physically impossible for you to get up off your ass and do something,
THEN YOU CAN.
Take the "t" away from "can't" and you realize, you "can"!
Furthermore,
Each and every one of us is exactly where we want to be,
(unless we are lacking the arms and/or legs to change our environment/location).
Just because we feel pain, it doesn't mean that we CAN'T do something.
It just means that we are going to experience some pain or discomfort.
Poor, rich, healthy, free, stressed, happy, content.
We are exactly where we need to be.
The experiences we go through are MEANT to be, ordained by some higher power, (perhaps our soul insists that we learn certain lessons during our lifetime, and it makes sense that if you don't learn a lesson the first time, somehow, you must repeat it, until you do!)
If you are content with what you have, then you are rich!
Remember, rich people are rarely happy because of the things they have.
So, it is up to each of us to take responsibility for where we are and for what we are becoming.
Jennifer Kollert
2/12/02
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Friday, November 19, 2010
How am I going to make the world a better place?
How am I going to make the world a better place?
by Jennifer Kollert on Thursday, November 11, 2010 at 3:51am
There are more than six billion people on this planet and most of us never get to the point where we can say
with total conviction, "This is why I was put on this earth!"
I remember in kindergarten when I was around five years old... The teacher asked me,
"What do you want to be when you grow up?"
I can assure you that my answer consisted of the most clever word I could think
up at that moment!
"Paleontologist!"
Not even knowing what the definition was.
Perhaps one in a billion, an exception is born. And when the teacher asks a five year old that question..
The child is able to respond, wholeheartedly and honestly,
"I already am!" (what i'm going to be when I grow up!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOfKAPGfd6k
And then there are those who are born with terrible disadvantages,
(like no arms), and are told that they will never be able to do the things "normal" people do...
Like play a guitar http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mv4jXMmMLdg
Or go bowling with no arms and one half a leg! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGWRac5pMrc
The moral of this story is that if we learn our purpose in life at a young age, (or at all), we are very blessed..
Our abilities, gifts or purpose doesn't always come easy (if it comes at all).
Some of us have to overcome SO VERY MUCH to do, or be what we want to be.
Never tell anyone that they can't, and never believe anyone who tries to tell you that you can't!
If we look for inspiration it can be found. From the most extreme:
The Pilgrim of Peace http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ySs2rLcPhU
To various degrees in between:
The girl who silenced the world for five minutes:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQmz6Rbpnu0
What can each one of us do to make the world a better place?
Jennifer Kollert 11/11/10
Friday, October 22, 2010
Sunday, July 6, 2008
The Line of Respect
07/06/2008
It took me 30 years to put "the line of respect" into words.
Deep in my heart I wished that someone would have explained this concept to me much earlier in life. There is no way of knowing if I would have done things differently though.
In every friendship and in every relationship there is a "line of respect."
The more you get to know a person, the clearer that "line" is defined.
When the line is very clear, it hurts when it is crossed.
When the line is vague, the pain is much less.
Is it possible to deliberately cross that line without a relationship suffering permanant
damage? Even if trust is restored, the line itself seems to possess the memories forever.
The term, "You can forgive but you cannot forget."
Cherish the line of respect in each and every friendship/relationship in your life.
Even if someone crosses your line, do not cross thiers.
Remember that you cannot take back a single word you've uttered,
nor can you undo a single action you have performed.
Never, never, ever allow your ego to seek revenge.
A well preserved ego doesn't make for much of a companion to grow old with.
It took me 30 years to put "the line of respect" into words.
Deep in my heart I wished that someone would have explained this concept to me much earlier in life. There is no way of knowing if I would have done things differently though.
In every friendship and in every relationship there is a "line of respect."
The more you get to know a person, the clearer that "line" is defined.
When the line is very clear, it hurts when it is crossed.
When the line is vague, the pain is much less.
Is it possible to deliberately cross that line without a relationship suffering permanant
damage? Even if trust is restored, the line itself seems to possess the memories forever.
The term, "You can forgive but you cannot forget."
Cherish the line of respect in each and every friendship/relationship in your life.
Even if someone crosses your line, do not cross thiers.
Remember that you cannot take back a single word you've uttered,
nor can you undo a single action you have performed.
Never, never, ever allow your ego to seek revenge.
A well preserved ego doesn't make for much of a companion to grow old with.
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Poetry - From my Mom
To My Daughter
I can't tell you how proud I am of you
There just aren't words enough
To see all the things you do
Makes my heart swell with pride
You've taken a situation
that some would just sit and cry,
Made it a revelation;
A shout for all womankind!
The early days were kind of rough
not all good times and light.
In spite of all, you came out tough
You know what's wrong or right.
My love for you is strong and true
We've walked a lot of miles.
I hope to walk a million more
Arm in arm, smile to smile.
Kim Kollert - Dec 31, 2002
I can't tell you how proud I am of you
There just aren't words enough
To see all the things you do
Makes my heart swell with pride
You've taken a situation
that some would just sit and cry,
Made it a revelation;
A shout for all womankind!
The early days were kind of rough
not all good times and light.
In spite of all, you came out tough
You know what's wrong or right.
My love for you is strong and true
We've walked a lot of miles.
I hope to walk a million more
Arm in arm, smile to smile.
Kim Kollert - Dec 31, 2002
Poetry - "Stop the little voice inside your head"
Stop the Little Voice Inside Your Head
Be not sad when I am gone
The things I've shared will live on
Your message may not have been so clear
Who you were and why you were here
You can keep coming back
A million lifetimes, if you insist
Until we learn to control ourself
Even in the most strenuous of circumstances
The ability to shut up the little voice inside your head
Takes strength, determination and courage
Once that voice is under control... Then you are born
Into consciousness, into enlightenment
Anything is better than being controlled by that annoying little voice!
Control it! Or it controls you
Catch the lesson, simply put
If you can see from other points of view
Then you can put yourself in another's shoes
Jennifer Kollert 12-05-2002
Be not sad when I am gone
The things I've shared will live on
Your message may not have been so clear
Who you were and why you were here
You can keep coming back
A million lifetimes, if you insist
Until we learn to control ourself
Even in the most strenuous of circumstances
The ability to shut up the little voice inside your head
Takes strength, determination and courage
Once that voice is under control... Then you are born
Into consciousness, into enlightenment
Anything is better than being controlled by that annoying little voice!
Control it! Or it controls you
Catch the lesson, simply put
If you can see from other points of view
Then you can put yourself in another's shoes
Jennifer Kollert 12-05-2002
Poetry - "A Quality"
A Quality
We have come much too far
To be easily bent
Be proud of who you are
Even if you don't have a cent
Find your morals and hold them true
Why not? You don't have anything better to do
Look for a quality you admire in another
Even though you might not have learned it from your mother
You can still make it part of you
See things from another point of view
We have come much too far
To be easily bent
Be proud of who you are
Even if you don't have a cent
Find your morals and hold them true
Why not? You don't have anything better to do
Look for a quality you admire in another
Even though you might not have learned it from your mother
You can still make it part of you
See things from another point of view
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