The Ultimate Course for the Aspiring Writer
The Ultimate Course for the Aspiring Writer: Lesson 4 Facing Adversity: Fighter or Philosopher? "Path at Mill Lane" by Shaun Ferguson is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 Hello again and welcome back! It’s a confusing journey being a human being, isn’t it? We start out receiving so much praise for every little thing. Our first steps. Eating food without throwing it. Making new facial expressions. It’s a really funny thing watching a room of adults get excited over a newborn performing the simplest tasks. But as our ability to go to the bathroom the right way becomes less and less impressive, we find ourselves desperately longing for the attention we no longer seem to receive. As we progress into toddlerhood, the praise comes less and less and the expectations grow more and more. We say: “Hey dad!” or “Mom, look!” a hundred times or more a day until they reluctantly turn their gaze on us. Half the time we don’t even have anything planned so mayb...
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