Abby Ward
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Every Step Counts
If I’ve learnt anything from my five years of public speaking at school, it’s that you should write a speech from your own experience. What experience? I am 20 years old. I could start at the beginning, where my brain was forming in its infancy, neurons synapsing and connections being made. But a speech should not be a sleeping tablet. To that end, I have concluded that, in my experience, my expertise lies in being a high school student. And if you lean in, come closer and read carefully, I will tell you how you can make every step count. Well, first of all, if we’re going to be talking about steps, then let’s use the staircase as a metaphor. We walk upstairs on our way to a destination, so obviously, there’s a purpose in taking the stairs.
By Abby Ward3 years ago in Motivation
A Thousand Miles
Lao-Tzu was a poet and philosopher in ancient China. Despite the fact that Lao-Tzu lived over 600 years before the Common Era began, his writings are still relevant and useful today. In fact, much of what he wrote has entered into popular culture today. For example, we are probably familiar with the saying, “If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.” He also wrote, “Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power.” And what about, “Music in the soul can be heard by the universe.” Yep, Lao-Tzu again. But the quote that we’re probably all most familiar with, have heard a million times, have seen on posters all over the place, and which speaks volumes to us, is: “The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.”
By Abby Ward3 years ago in Motivation