My Response:
This is the chapter that spoke most to me as well. Life has certainly thrown me some curve balls this year so I appreciate the call to let go of the victim mentality. However, I did struggle with the other half of that idea: absolving those who wrong you from any guilt. This is not just about forgiveness but owning the entire situation as your own. I'm definitely going to have to re-read this chapter a few times to really understand how and why this is done.
What Justin said:
Being the Board spoke directly to me this week. I did a lot of underlining in this chapter. There is always something to say for the unexpected result. That, after all is what grace is isn’t it? It is the unexpected forgiveness or the unwarranted gift or the second chance. I probably could be a story in Zander’s book. I feel that this entire school year has locked me into a position of being the “victim” in many situations. Of course, I look at it this way, when I should just say, how did these things get on the board that I am? Tracing things back, I can very much see how they became to be. Mostly due to actions I took. Now it is what to do with these circumstances. Every since reading this book, I have calmly said, it is the way things are. I often get misguided in thinking that somehow stressing and mulling over something that has already occurred will somehow give me a satisfaction of some kind. Now every second that passes could be used to look at what opportunities lie ahead, and focus energy on those. I have to keep reminding myself that I am still quite young, and that the world is mine. How interesting it is that I so often do not feel this way, that I am somehow trapped in my circumstances. This may sound a bit stifling, but of all the months of this program at Full Sail, nothing else has spoken to me the most to force me to look at things differently. Being the board.Here’s to opportunity!
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