...Is Becoming

I remember sitting in my Intro to Psychology Class feeling alive. The professor seemed to have the key to questions I had been looking for. He would share with us philosophies from great philosophers and it was like his every word was reshaping my mind, and tearing down the structure or the image I had constructed of myself from the negative things that had happened in my life. I was thinking since I had made so many mistakes, I was doomed, like I had ultimately screwed up my life. One day he said something that blew my mind. He shared this philosophy with us "Things never is, but is becoming." Meaning what you see today has not reached its full potential, its changing and becoming something new every second, every hour, every day. He gave the example of an acorn that falls from a tree, as soon as it hits the ground, its becoming something new, it will not just stay an acorn. We as humans, are always becoming something new, something wiser, something stronger. He explained every time we leave the classroom we leave different then when we walked in, we leave with more knowledge, which means we leave wiser. My light bulb went off. I was once a little girl that had been molested - I was a victim, and eventually became a teenager who got pregnant and dropped out of high school, and at that very moment I was becoming a college graduate - I was changing, and I didn't even realize it. I did eventually graduate with my Associates, then my Bachelors, then my Masters. I received my Masters in Psychology of course. I wanted to help other people that felt stuck in their negative stories. This book will allow you to see my interactions with some of my first clients. While I struggled quit a bit with these clients, I kept in mind that while I was a struggling new therapist - with each new client, I was becoming better, wiser and more confident. I no longer define myself by what I look like today because I'm convinced more than ever that Things never is, but is becoming.