"WHAT YOU LEARN AT PLAY YOU'LL CARRY THEM THROUGH LIFE"
by Jeanille B. Cogtas
I strongly agree with this quote because you learn through your life experiences. A person literally starts gaining knowledge at the beginning of his/her childhood.
When we were young a playground seems to be a wonderful place for us to enjoy, you can run around, laugh out loud and make some friends. It surely does excites us. Not only when a child gets hurt or stumbles in the play, then the child starts to cry. With that situation, there are 3 ways a person or a child could possibly do. It is to "stand up, cure the wound and continue to play" or "stand up, cure the wound and lesson learned". Lastly, it is to "stand up, cure the wound, lesson learned and continue to play". You can choose one of those three solutions depending on what situation you're into.
My parents allowed me to experience new things that I, myself thought I couldn't do but being a newbie of that certain activity made a ladder for me to flourish and use that to improve or gain more knowledge and skills. Same also there at school, I tried new category of activities just like radio broadcasting, poster making and etc. but I lost at first but it's still a good start because when you win and felt easy doing it as first-timer you've never been challenged through failure and you can't actually realize what's the best way for you to improve.
As a kid you may think that a playground is only for playing but little did we know, we now realized that it gives us lessons. The playground serves as our training field for real-life happenings and problems. The best self-defense is our knowledge. What your experiencing right now will help you in the long run. Even the simplest work can make the difficult ones easy in the future.
One of the famous person we know which I can say that he can relate to this quote is Colonel Sanders, who owns the world's largest fast-food chicken chain, Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC). His life back then was gloomy. He lost his father at the age of 5 and he was responsible for feeding and taking care of his siblings. At age 17 he already lost four jobs and at the age of 18, he got married. but then his wife left him together with his daughter. At an early age, Colonel held down numerous jobs, including streetcar conductor, railroad fireman, insurance salesman, and farmer. He also joined the army but got washed away. He became a cook and a dishwasher in a small cafe. At the age of 40, he runs a service station at Kentucky, in fact, he also feeds hungry travelers. He retired at the age of 65 and got a cheque from the Govt. for $105. He felt that the govt. is saying that he couldn't provide for himself and Colonel felt giving up. He decided to commit suicide because he failed too much. He sat under a tree and wrote his will, but instead, he wrote what he would accomplished with his life. There was one thing he could do better than anyone than he knew and that was how to cook. So he bought and fried up some chicken using his own recipe and went door to door to sell them to his neighbors. He became a millionaire at the age of 85.
It made me realize that all the sufferings I'm encountering right now will help me in the future. I may think that it's not good for me anymore because it's draining or exhausting me out, but time will surely make me realize that I should trust the process and don't think that life is that hard. Because the more you think and complain, the more it gets harder until you can't move on. Your simple skills can help you as long as you have determination. What I also learned is that your life also depends on your attitude.
