Calendar Books by Allen James - Daily Reading - "The Graduate's Daily Guide to Success"

 

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Happy New Year 2015.  I'm beginning my new year extending personal success and positivity in a new land with a wonderfully diverse culture and the opportunity to learn much from new peoples, customs, and traditions;  extreme western Alaska, Bethel to be exact.  I'm excited about this new adventure not only in living life, but learning life as well from the Yupik Eskimos.  May each reading this blog have just as an adventurous 2015....change enhances personal success.  Our reading for January 1st comes from A Graduate's Daily Guide to Success;

​"Recall what you learned from you grandmother" (James, 2012).




"I had a vision the ancestors told us to heal the world. When we heal ourselves, we also heal our ancestors, our grandmothers, our grandfathers, and our children. When we heal ourselves, we also heal mother earth.”
–Grandmother Rita Pitka Blumenstein

As in most cultures, our elders play a  major role in extending the wisdom gained from a lifetime to younger generations.  This is seen no where more prevalent than with the Yupik Eskimos, where extended family is vital to personal success.  Almost everyone can think of a time when they've heard another adult say, "My grandmother used to say", or "As my grandfather always said", followed by some tidbit of wisdom aimed at making life more fair or stating an important life lesson.  My grandmother lived to be 92 years old and throughout the years I was blessed to be part of those years with her I learned much.  Looking back at those "life lessons" often not only brings comfort and wisdom to my own life, but as well aids in my quest for personal success as I gain insight into a world which much of the time seems out of control.  Think about those adults in your life who have had a major impact on you, then learn from their words even after they are no longer her to enjoy. 

 

One thing my maternal grandmother, Mary Delphene LaForce Williams taught me was out of events which we see as regrets can come joy, goodness and positivity.  What were the words from her mouth which taught me this, one may ask.  I was visiting with her when she was around 90 years old.  Most of our visits consisted of just spending time sitting and "being".  At 90 she still had a strong mind; physically she was hampered by the fact she had slipped and broken her hip when she was 72 and was tethered to a walker the remainder of her life.  Out of nowhere she said, "Jimmy, I married the wrong man".  Mind you my grandfather I never knew as he had died when I was about 2, which had been 30 years prior.  Thirty years hence she was sitting and thinking about the regrets she had of marrying a drinker and gambler.  My response came quick.  "Well Mamaw, if you hadn't married grandpa I would be here today".  Her response, "Well I guess 1 good thing came out of it". 

Recall what you learned from your grandmother.  You'll be glad you spent the time thinking about her. Caimi'i.   Keep looking up.  : )  AJ