After listening to Jerry’s speeches
星期一 五月 24, 2010 9:58 am
I admire great speakers. I wish I could speak in public like them. Several years ago, I joined Public Speaking Club and I enjoyed it very much. I made great effort to make my speech interesting and meaningful by using multimedia or other creative ways. Though my oral English was not good, people still enjoyed my speech.
Two weeks ago, I went to jerry’s class. He is a wonderful speaker, I must say. A great story-teller and a natural actor if his stories are made up. He has the talent to hook you with his stories hour after hour. He has the skill to change your attitude and move you to act. Through his talks, you can feel his passion and energy. The most important point that he makes in all his talks is that if he can do something then you can do it too. He makes no excuses for quitters, or for blaming others.
He seems to know how hard it is to change our habits and to commit ourselves to our promise to practice. So each week, he tells another story which stimulates us to keep our promise and strengthen our will.
I believe that I too have a great passion, yet mine is towards poetry and his is for teaching. But I can see the difference between our passion and result. My passion brings happiness mostly to myself. His passion brings happiness to himself and also others. I can see how happy and how proud he is, because he knows that he helps others and changes others’ lives. Now I know why I feel empty sometimes even although I am happy and proud of my poetry. I want my passion also to be shared and to be used to help others. I want my skills to be used to change others’ lives too.
I believe that everyone has asked himself, “What is the meaning of life?”. But most of us quit asking eventually.
I believe if we find the answer, we will be happy and we will live a meaningful life. I believe that Jerry has found his meaning. I may be finding mine yet I still have a long way to go.