Happy 2018! Live Your Own Adventure! How I Got Over! DREAM IT! DO IT! DANIGIRL! Blog
Happy 2018! Coming in with a Banging New Year of Motivation, Inspiration, and Commitment! Here's to your Dream it! Do it! Danigirl and Prosperous 2018!!!
Well, It's HERE! THE NEW YEAR! and My Blog is simple put...
LIVE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE! HOW I GOT OVER!!!!!
It came to me as I reflected bringing in the year with loads of personal and professional experience to wonder about. Ironically, I sang in church, New Year's Eve, for our WATCH NIGHT ANNIVERSARY of 1862, the New Year's Eve that slaves were set free upon Lincoln's "Emancipation Proclamation." The song I sang was "HOW I GOT OVER," by Aretha Fanklin.
So for 2018, I did ask myself, How did I get over?
Great question to ask when declaring that your are going to Live Your Own Adventure and Dream it! Do it! Danigirl! is a gift of service in Global Literacy, children's books, toys and inspirational empowerment.
Therefore, for this first of 2018 blog, I'm going to share with you all, how I got over all these years, and keep getting over.
My First "How I Got Over," this year was..... I want to acknowledge the new curriculum teaching approach that I have learned to embrace is....Everyone should get this book, "Cultural Responsive Teaching and the Brain, Promoting Authentic Engagement and Rigor Among Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students, " by Zaretta Hammond. Let me tell you how, "Real Deal," this book is, simply put, it is extremely timely to read and know this author's works and strategies for even everyday life and communication skills with all people.
Basically, if you are a teacher you should read this book.
If you are parent, you should definitely read this book.
If you are in any Educational and Performing Arts career choices, you should read this book.
If you are in any Leadership position of your community, you should get and read this book.
It crosses lines that go beyond the classroom and into why our youth, although diverse, are triggered on whole another level today, then when our generation grew up. For instance, those old phrases that we grew up with don't work anymore. For example: "When I was your age.....", as a way to opening line for teaching ettiquite or good manners, doesn't work on our youth of today. Mostley because most of our youth's brains today are structured differently due to different lifestyles growing up and conditions of life, even children that have those lovely liberal parents will say, "That was you," when you say that with full confidence. Therefore, this book helps to work with the new generations to come and how to see through the shift of their thinking and processing, and how it plays out from the advancements in technology, and added anxieties to meet today's social demands, and how that really influences our youth's minds and bridge that influence into how to teach and advance their mindsets and value system. Told you the book is REAL DEAL, so get it, so that "No Child will BE Left Behind,";)
My Second "How I Got Over," this year was that past Performing and Teaching Dance, I wrote for the first time, for the Music Center Spotlight Dance Awards evaluator team. It was rather delightful because the process taught me more about how to articulate this Art form, and teach people on paper how to grow as a Dance Artist. I thank Mrs. Jeri Gaile for offering me the position, which am Alumni of as a 1994 recipent winner for the Spotlight Awards of Non-Classical, Contemporary Modern Dance. While evaluating, it was riviting to see how far I was already as a Dance Artist. At an early age of 15, understanding musicality and storytelling to the music of John Williams, whom is a legend of movie soundtracks and Orchestra, everything Spielberg like "Indiana Jones", "Schiendler's List", and also "Star Wars," to name few. Therefore, to see the Dance artist's works, evaluate and help them grow in their craft of Dance, it really allowed me to see how much of an Performing Artist I already am, in understanding the journay Masterpiece of it all. Yes, I found great artists this year that I am looking forward to their evolution of how they carry and represent Dance Artistry on the Globe in this time.
My Third, How I Got Over, is my BIGGEST!!!!! Drum Roll please... is my TOASTMASTER'S Experience, and BIGGEST THANKS TO MY MOM. When I felt my lowest, rejected by people and jobs I wish I had, she invited me to go to Toastmaster's meeting and start public speaking. Ironically, I found out, I did have a lot of good sense, and a lot of motivational, inspirational, strong things to speak up about and people did want to hear it. That humbles me. That in a time in my life, when the rest of world was trying shut me up, make me feel down on myself, rejected and overlooked, I found something to say that was important to others. It's like it landed on the right ears, and I learned to value myself again. It's also humbling to know that after listening to some great Masterminded, Personal Development, Mentors of people, I got the hint to speak up too, and made my own first two motivational speaking audio books. TRUTH: That is how how I got over this year.;)
Thanks MOM!
Here is your copy, and Happy New Year! Dream it! Do it! Danigirl! in 2018!
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