guldin+podcasts

Life is a Spiritual Struggle by: Joseph Laaycock

I really enjoyed this podcast because I personally love hearing things like this. Motivational things, sappy things, and life stories, etc. I just cant stay away from. I think that this story is so true in the fact that everyday is a struggle and a fight. Relating the story of being a teacher in an inner-city school to the fight of martial arts used good symbolism. Being a teacher isn't always an easier job like everyone may think it is, everyday there is something new that may come your way that you have to be on your toes to handle. I believe that everyday as a student it is a struggle too, like he said that lazy, apathy and despair a risks that you have to fight against. I do believe that everyday is a new day and everyday has it's own ups and downs that you have to fight through.

Admittance to a Better Life by: Michael Oatman

This story is really a great view of how someone grew up and new himself as one person and totally changed himself to become the person that he wanted to be. He changed himself for the better! His learned new ways to look at things and he was educated in a different way in which made him respect more things in life. I think that this is shows that just because you way start at a low spot in life there's always room for improvement and theres always room to learn new things. I believe that Oatman's story is motivational for anyone who thinks that they can't do something and be successful. It also brings in the point of racism and that difference in the way that you look shouldn't matter or bother you because you should go after your dreams no matter what. I agree that you should keep doing what your doing and chancing your dreams because you may influence someone that may follow in your footsteps and change their life too.

This I Believe by: Felicia

This was a very touching story because Nona wasn't book smart, she didn't go to school but she knew what she needed to in order to succeed in her job plus 5 languages, and a few other things. The story basically was saying that she was very educated in the fact that she had been through so much that she knew how to handle anything that would come her way and that she was a very strong person. I think anther big point of this story was that you can learn some much from someone else even if they aren't the "smartest". Being smart and having knowledge I think are totally two different things. You can be smart and have knowledge but that doesn't necessarily mean that if your have knowledge that your smart. You can be educated in everything about life and the necessities of life but not know anything that would be taught in school. I believe that when someone says smart that just means like "book material", knowledge is something that you could have on any subject. Also this story shows that someone can influence you and that means you just may be influencing someone else.