Speech Toastmasters speech 5, 1st Draft
I have been part of different communities in my life. Some I was born into (Dominican) or spoken the language of (Spanish). Others I struggle to learn (the language of money, finance and self-development). Other communities transcend language, and go into values and morals. (what Do you believe in so strongly you are willing to die for?) We need a plan for our lives. The moment we are born, we are being told what to do and what to accept. We get out the womb and we cry our first cry, we have to interact with the air and not the amniotic fluid of the womb. As kids, we are separated from our parents instantly to nurses, then babysitters, then schools. Life is what happens between getting out of school and starting it the next day. When we grow up, life is what happens between leaving work and the next time we come in. It is all conditioning. Conditioned to not follow our hearts, not hear our voice. We tune ourselves out. We hate hearing the voices in our head. We learn what to do t...