‫Hey.
‫Well done for making it through another module.
‫I know the last one had a particularly hard challenge. So if you've made it this far then
‫great job! Well done!
‫Now I want to talk to you about
‫I guess like an experience I had when I was younger and I thought it was really formative for me.
‫So when I was in my 16th year I really wanted to be the science prefect of the school.
‫Basically this position where you get to curate a notice board with science news,
‫you get to plan a science club for the younger children
‫and I for some reason just had my heart set on it.
‫I loved everything to do with science and I spent all my days preparing like trying to be the best possible
‫science prefect I could be like you know helping out and planning future experiments that I could do.
‫But for some reason, the headmistress of the school she didn't really want this dream of mine I
‫guess to come true.
‫And I remember her telling me, this 16 year old girl, that you know at some point in life you have to
‫experience what it's like to not get what you want.
‫And you know kind of thinking back on it
‫it's kind of cruel but you know especially to somebody who's so young and so bright eyed and so set
‫on this goal.
‫It crushed me like the moment when she said that to me and told me that you know it's gonna go,
‫the job is gonna go to somebody who doesn't even want it.
‫I remember going home that day and just bawling my eyes out like I was crying like there was no tomorrow.
‫It's just like the injustice of it all
‫you know the fact that she told me that you know the reason is because you wanted too much.
‫Like that's just crazy.
‫And at the time you know my grandfather I remember him telling me that like you know there are so many
‫things that he could have said to me he could've said like, 'Don't worry kid, it's not your fault. It's like--
‫it's just because the headmistress is you know racist, because she's sexist or because you know
‫you're an immigrant,
‫or like-- There's just so many things that he could have that which could have been true. But instead he chose
‫to tell me that you know there are things that you can change in life
‫and there are things that you can't change in life.
‫The thing that you can't change you usually have to do with other people and the things that you can
‫change are how you view a situation and how you act.
‫So you can prove other people wrong.
‫You can--
‫You can become something. You can do really well at things and you doing really well will make those
‫people who've hurt you feel bad more than if you had just been spiteful or something.
‫And I remember him telling me that you know try to get the best possible grades you can to to become
‫the best possible person you can.
‫And that's the best way of reenacting your event is to live a great life and be a great person.
‫And I think you know, I think back at like that moments like I had made the wrong conclusions how my
‫life would have turned out to be you know if I had just decided that you know what?
‫Whatever.
‫I'm not going to do school anymore.
‫I'm just going to go and give up on this whole thing because life isn't fair.
‫And you know I think it was really really wise
‫the thing that my grandfather said because it really changed my outlook on life like things aren't fair.
‫But how you interpret it and what you do
‫are the things that you get to determine.
‫So focus on those. And I mean I feel like I'm rambling here but I hope there's something that would
‫help you too from this story of mine.
‫You know I know that you're probably in a situation where there are things that have happened to you
‫or that are unfair that have made things more difficult and you have a choice to--
‫You get to determine how you act and how you view those things, those adversities.
‫And if you make the right choices and live the best possible life you can,
‫that's the best way of showing up to people who've hurt you.
‫So this one's a little bit deep but I hope it was helpful to some of you anyway.
‫Let me on Twitter if it's something that you can relate to. And yeah keep going,
‫keep pushing for your future because you know you're the one who's in charge. you can do it.