Vision and Self-Esteem 4
YOU STILL remember Rose, the uninspiring and dull University professor played by Barbra Streisand? We conclude her story this morning.
I am Abiodun Fijabi and I warmly welcome you to Leading Right.
You remember the ignoble role Rose’s mother played in fostering her daughter’s poor self-esteem. The movie presents the mother the opportunity to help Rose rekindle her lost dream. It happens when both mom and daughter are seated at the table. Mom pushes the picture of a baby to her distraught daughter. Rose’s response is instantaneous.
“She has always been beautiful,” thinking that it is her sister’s picture.
“It is your picture, Rose.” Mom responded, her eyes filled with affection for her first child.
For someone who has lived with the feeling that she is ugly for a long a time, it is too much for Rose to accept. When she finally does, she speaks of herself as a third person. “She was pretty.”
Mom has learnt her lesson. She is more direct. “You were pretty Rose.”
It is a major discovery for Rose. This discovery drives her to work hard on herself in her desire to find back her youthful charm, which belies her present uninspiring look. She looks in the mirror and sees a pretty lady. It is her wake up call. She puts herself through strict diets and rigorous exercises to transform into the woman she had been and, she believes, she could be. It is a new day for Rose. Her dream lives on.
That rekindled dream makes the erstwhile desperate woman to have choices. So, when her former boyfriend breaks up with her sister and tries to find her way back to a new Rose, Rose shows the quality most dreamers are known for – right choices. She resists the handsome former boyfriend’s overtures, choosing rather to stay where her love is. Even if she has to wait for it.
It pays off. Gregory and Rose get off together to a romantic bliss. Rose becomes the toast of a mother who had earlier written her off and the envy of an erstwhile insensitive sister. Even her students applaud her new looks. Rose simply changes her opinion about herself and everything else changes.
It doe not matter how long you have believed a lie about yourself. The moment you change your perception about yourself, you set in motion a new wave of changes that will significantly impact your life and that of the society.
I think it is time you stop to look yourself in the mirror. Ask yourself: Do I genuinely love this person? Think about this: If you were a company on the stock market, would you be willing to invest heavily in your shares? Too bad if you do not love yourself enough, you cannot go far. And if you cannot love yourself, you can not love others. Thank God you can recover that innocent childhood self-esteem like Rose did.
I am Abiodun Fijabi and I warmly welcome you to Leading Right.
You remember the ignoble role Rose’s mother played in fostering her daughter’s poor self-esteem. The movie presents the mother the opportunity to help Rose rekindle her lost dream. It happens when both mom and daughter are seated at the table. Mom pushes the picture of a baby to her distraught daughter. Rose’s response is instantaneous.
“She has always been beautiful,” thinking that it is her sister’s picture.
“It is your picture, Rose.” Mom responded, her eyes filled with affection for her first child.
For someone who has lived with the feeling that she is ugly for a long a time, it is too much for Rose to accept. When she finally does, she speaks of herself as a third person. “She was pretty.”
Mom has learnt her lesson. She is more direct. “You were pretty Rose.”
It is a major discovery for Rose. This discovery drives her to work hard on herself in her desire to find back her youthful charm, which belies her present uninspiring look. She looks in the mirror and sees a pretty lady. It is her wake up call. She puts herself through strict diets and rigorous exercises to transform into the woman she had been and, she believes, she could be. It is a new day for Rose. Her dream lives on.
That rekindled dream makes the erstwhile desperate woman to have choices. So, when her former boyfriend breaks up with her sister and tries to find her way back to a new Rose, Rose shows the quality most dreamers are known for – right choices. She resists the handsome former boyfriend’s overtures, choosing rather to stay where her love is. Even if she has to wait for it.
It pays off. Gregory and Rose get off together to a romantic bliss. Rose becomes the toast of a mother who had earlier written her off and the envy of an erstwhile insensitive sister. Even her students applaud her new looks. Rose simply changes her opinion about herself and everything else changes.
It doe not matter how long you have believed a lie about yourself. The moment you change your perception about yourself, you set in motion a new wave of changes that will significantly impact your life and that of the society.
I think it is time you stop to look yourself in the mirror. Ask yourself: Do I genuinely love this person? Think about this: If you were a company on the stock market, would you be willing to invest heavily in your shares? Too bad if you do not love yourself enough, you cannot go far. And if you cannot love yourself, you can not love others. Thank God you can recover that innocent childhood self-esteem like Rose did.
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