Tonight, was my last night in one of the hardest classes I have ever had. The class was Fundamentals of Public Speaking. Now, yes, I have spoken before people many times. But this class made me feel like I was an amateur. The work was no hard but the instructor was extremely hard. There is a lesson in this post, stick with me. On the first day of class, she came in with a BANG! I mean she played music, she had a smile, she made me feel this was going to be easy peasy. TOTALLY OPPOSITE!!
There were many times where I would give a speech and I thought I did a great job, HA, no. She consistently "ripped" me to pieces on all of my speeches. There was even the one we had to do on the last Presidential debate where I thought I knocked it out of the park. I mean I worked on it for HOURS!! Even my husband told me it sounded good. Speech presented. And her feedback, yeah, I cried after class was over. Y'all I wanted to drop the class. I didn't need that type of extra stress on me. But there was a still voice that said "stay the course".
Day after day, week after week, I would stress over this class. And let me tell you this, my anxiety levels were out the roof with this one class. I mean even logging on 20 minutes early before the class started I would still be nervous. I will literally count down the days until the FINAL DAY! And y'all today was that day.
We had a group project to do and we worked hard on it. The presentation was done and y'all we did an excellent job. Yes, she critiqued us all and everything about the presentation. But as hard as we worked, WE DID IT!! After she went down the list to see who had to make up assignments, thankfully, I was NOT on that list. I was done with everything. She asked me along with others that were completely done how we felt about the course. I told her that I was scared along the way but it pushed me to the max and made me better. I "stayed the course". When I logged off, I literally screamed so loud! It was a scream of excitement, completion, and proudness.
Staying the course. I have cried. I have wanted to drop out this semester. I wanted to give up. But I kept hearing "stay the course". My husband would say the same thing but this voice was different. It had a bold sound with it. I knew it was God speaking to me because it is because of Him that I am in school. When I started, giving up was not an option and I wasn't going to allow anything to get the best of me.
Basically, whatever you are facing and if you are thinking about giving up, "stay the course". It will be hard. It will tough. I know you want to cry. Cry if you have to. There will be many days where you just won't have any strength to do anything. You will want to give up. DON'T! You must "stay the course". In the end, you will see the light and you will be proud of yourself because YOU DID IT!!
xoxo
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