handedness part two ( Archived) (6)

while i was away for christmas...my family were discussing the amount of left-handed people we have. two of my children are left-handed, as well as bunches of cousins, aunts, etcetera.

my mother fondly looked at me and said that the girls got it from me...that "i" was left-handed. i told her that i always thought that i SHOULD have been...(i'm ambidextrous)...and my aunt and mom went on to explain that no, i wasn't left-handed, but neither was i right-handed.

apparently, when i went into kindergarten, i couldn't make up my mind. i wrote with both hands, and went the whole year that way. when i hit first grade, however...they forced me to make a decision. my teacher was right-handed, as well as all the students in my class...so of course, that's what i went with. easier on the teacher, yes?



PART TWO:

has anyone ever had an adult or someone in authority, etcetera...push you to make a decision that went against who you were? how did you handle it?

"has anyone ever had an adult or someone in authority, etcetera...push you to make a decision that went against who you were? how did you handle it?"


At 26 years old I survived brain injury #1

I went back to full time hard labor work and relearned everything again (I worked in the monument business making tombstones).

At 30 I survived brain injury #2

I went back to full time hard labor work and relearned everything again (I still worked the monument business).

To answer the question: yes I had many people pushing me from every possible angle. Did it go against who I was? I have no clue.

So I am thankful to the people that pushed me when I made mistakes.

The lesson learned?

Be careful, Be Very careful.

Mike...

oh, hell yeah. I always wanted to do things my way, in my own time. And I handled it by doing things my way and in my own time. Did it then, do it now.

thank you, gents...

i would hope that any pushing would be...well-intentioned guidance. but what if it isn't?