show me that you can do this....

Since we have entered a new phase, certain things have become clearer than ever.  Some things can't be taught.  It can only be learned.



You see, in life, there are drivers and there are passengers.

Drivers are the ones behind the wheel, that are held responsible, the ones at risk, and the people that have to figure out how to get to where they want to go.

Passengers are the ones that watch, learn, assist the driver, and the ones that wait until its their time to be the driver.

I think at one stage or another in everyone's life, each person takes the roles of a passenger and of a driver.



I felt like a passenger when I was

- when I was 15 years old, waiting to get my driving permit, and the day I could be on my own...

-or back in college, sitting in a classroom (probably listening to Bob Dylan's "Not Dark Yet), regurgitating information that I learned the night before onto a test .... waiting for my chance to DO and not watch others.

- or when I took my first job out of college in 2007, hated every moment of my day, and waited for the day that I knew what I wanted to do with my life. The day I can take the wheel.




But I will never forget when I turned 16 and my dad handed me the keys and said "show me that you can do this."



What I learned is I am not built to watch.  I do not excel in a classroom.  I do not excel when I don't know the end goal.

What I learned is that:   I do not learn by watching.  Only doing. 


What type of person are you?

Every time an opportunity arises, I still remember those words...

"Show me that you can do this."