![]() That doesn’t mean that I always have success. When faced with a tough student situation or a new teaching method, I just sort of “do what feels right” and it generally works out. Lesson planning, innovation, the needs of my kiddos… it makes sense to me. The thing is – the more I am away from my classroom this year, the more I KNOW the truth. If you go out and try to grab an obscure lifestyle or risky profession, you’re not being a realist. If you claim your gifts, you’re bragging. This is an area that people are taught NOT to discuss. So my question for you today is, “How would your life be different today if you could wave a magic wand and permanently erase all the negative criticism and limiting thoughts that have stifled your ‘inner prodigy’?” Let’s hear some inklings of where you think your ‘inner prodigy’ lies… It’s a very convenient gremlin ruse and one that I’ve only recently become aware of in my life. You see, when we’re busy channeling all our energy into fear, there’s no room for it to be invested in developing our gift. We all have an inkling of where our brilliance lies, it just scares us so much that we bury it and use all our emotional energy keeping it away from us. Sadly, we rarely give ourselves permission to OWN our brilliance. I truly believe that we are all prodigies in our own rights. In case you didn’t notice, that’s a lose-lose proposition! Was it the lack of TV? The encouragement from his parents? The fact that he had no formal training and never learned to compare himself to others? Why do so many of us bury our talents for fear of having them judged? We’d rather shelve them completely than have someone rob us of the joy of honing our gift. I couldn’t help but wonder how he had escaped the vices that so many of us fall victim to. He was simply there to play, which was what he loved to do more than anything in the world. What struck me most about Chooka was the fact that neither FEAR nor his GREMLIN (ego) had any hold on him. Little did they know what’s in store for them… He’s decided it would be fun to make the piece up as he goes.He’s never performed in front of an audience before.As the camera pans the audience before he plays, you can tell that they’re expecting a trainwreck based on the things he’s shared in his opening intro, including that fact that: In this clip Chooka is showing up to audition for Australia’s Got Talent. Please allow me to introduce Chooka Parker, a 16 year old Farmhand from rural Australia. Suffice to say, this is one of the most remarkable I’ve come across in some time… ![]() ![]() Me and heart-touching stories go together like peanut butter and jelly. ![]()
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