Allow Life to Be What it is Meant to Be

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 17:34:18 GMT

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Straight Talk

by Tamera Farrand

"Allow Life to Be"

I’ve never thought of myself as a writer. In fact, I’m a lousy speller. I didn’t go to school for journalism nor did I do great in writing classes. In high school I didn’t care much about my grades; I was there to have fun, period.

When I was in community college in my first literature class after high school, the professor used my paper as an example of how NOT to write! More embarrassing, he handed my paper back in front of everyone, so my colleagues knew I was far from a literary genius. (So much for high school preparedness.)

Recently I’ve been in contact with a couple old friends from my high school through classmates.com. I am sure they would never have imagined that my profession has anything to do with writing, much less publishing a magazine! Especially this woman whose high school year book slogan was “Happy go lucky.”

Funny, the people you thought would make it big are barely working. I think high school came so easy to them that when they got out into the real world with people who actually challenged them they realized they were just as mediocre as the rest of us! That’s a tough pill to swallow, eh?

It’s not to say it’s okay to be mediocre, I’m just saying that youth who achieve great heights may not translate easily into adulthood. Look at me…any achievement after high school is measured as success considering where I started. It’s all relative.

My college degree is a BES. No kidding! It’s an actual degree, Bachelor of Elective Studies. I was never one to be mainstream. I always had to create my own path, hence I designed my degree to set me up to own and operate a health club. Of course, I had a couple of minors in there like physical education and training along with a variety of business classes. So business ownership was always on the horizon I guess.

Anyway, what I set out to do is not at all what I do. I’ve changed professions numerous times to arrive here at the helm of Among Women. I still sit in wonder how I came to publish a magazine or even write a column and be a public speaker. (You do know that people fear public speaking more than they fear death. Well, death is natural; public speaking is eternal. When you embarrass yourself it will live on to eternity.)

I anticipate life has more in store for me. Who knows, I may just become a famous singer….ahh, have you heard my voice…I think not. Well, you just never know.

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