11.17.08
Mentors
I was all set to write a blog about Day 60 of my Bible challenge and how I had an awesome weekend, full of good food, bad basketball, ball rolling and reading. But i changed my mind this morning.
This morning I got an email from a young lady who is in college. She has the same major I had. We have sort of become friend over the past year or so. I recently helped her out with some stuff and she sent me an email to thank me. She also wrote something very strange. She said I was a great person and she considered me a mentor and she hopes that she is like me someday.
Come again?
I am 24 years old. I have a degree in sociology. I work at a dead end job (an emphasis on the end part) where I get payed peanuts. I try things alot, and often fail. I do alot of things okay. I do nothing perfectly. I am not a perfect person. I am not a perfect wife. I am not a perfect Christian. I do not smile enough. I don’t always see the bright side. I laugh at inappropriate times. I am a terrible singer. I like to read, but I would much rather read Harry Potter than Charles Dickens. I don’t do things right all the time. Not even close. Yet this girl sees me as a mentor.
That’s so awesome. But here is what it makes me see. I need a mentor myself. I may not be all of those things myself, but I want to be, because I know this girl wants to be. I have never had a mentor before. I have had people I admire, but never a mentor. They have always seemed sort of like those weird “life coaches” to me. But if I am this girl’s mentor, then they can’t be all that bad, right?
So who is your mentor? Tell me about them. Also, I am totally taking applications for my mentor 
Tiana said,
November 17, 2008 at 8:05 pm
I have found that I really have several mentors depending on the specific circumstances. My mom a huge mentor for me personally and as a mom. A friend that I worked with at Publix that owns a business is a mentor for me in the financial and business areas. My dad is definately a mentor in my life especially when it comes to family, and work ethic. Ms. Pam is a mentor for the way she works with the kids and that she never gives up.
I was once part of the team that the leader said he knew that he would never be perfect, but that he wanted to create a team that given everyone’s strengths would be as perfect as he could get. I think about that when I think about mentors – I want to surround myself with people “mentors” that even if they don’t necessarily know it, help me make myself a better person. Their strengths inspire me to keep pushing forward.
jamienance said,
November 21, 2008 at 2:43 pm
wow..that is so incredibly awesome! And I think that if you aren’t perfect, then you make a perfect mentor, becuase guess what no one’s perfect and it’s a whole lot easier to get advice from someone who realizes that. I’d much rather follow someone who is constantly trying to be better than someone who THINKS they have it all together. Ya know.
I have tons of mentors. Here are a few:
my mom: she’s my spiritual mentor, my money mentor, my “is that really a good idea” mentor
Megan weatherly: she’s my relationship and spiritual mentor
Howard Kerner: He’s my “love yourself and everyone else and you can do it” mentor
Mary Mittag: she’s my “you are gonna be a great counselor someday” mentor
Michael Matthews: he’s my “don’t give up on kids, not matter how crazy/weird they are” mentor
Timm Collins: he’s my “don’t be afraid to speak the truth and stand up for waht you believe in” mentor.
I have a lot, I don’t talk to them all the time, but their words come into my head every once in a while and I’m grateful for what they’ve taught me.
btw I think that you make an AWESOME mentor!