Comments on: The Guts To Get In The Car http://garretgillespie.com/blog/2009/08/the-guts-to-get-in-the-car/ Slaying Dad's Demons Fri, 09 Apr 2010 21:36:46 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Kids Will Believe Anything | Garret Gillespie http://garretgillespie.com/blog/2009/08/the-guts-to-get-in-the-car/comment-page-1/#comment-43 Kids Will Believe Anything | Garret Gillespie Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:32:53 +0000 http://garretgillespie.com/blog/?p=180#comment-43 [...] You know, he’s right. You give a kid enough encouragement while he’s a kid and there’ll be no stopping him when he’s an adult. So what kind of encouragement did I get as a kid? Did anyone tell me I was great? Yeah I can remember being told I was great. A lot of people told me I had a great voice. Like I said in The Interludes’ Coney Island Baby post, Kim and Michelle told me I had a good voice. Good enough that they didn’t give up until I joined choir. Then there was the day the football coach told me I had good size and should have played. [...] [...] You know, he’s right. You give a kid enough encouragement while he’s a kid and there’ll be no stopping him when he’s an adult. So what kind of encouragement did I get as a kid? Did anyone tell me I was great? Yeah I can remember being told I was great. A lot of people told me I had a great voice. Like I said in The Interludes’ Coney Island Baby post, Kim and Michelle told me I had a good voice. Good enough that they didn’t give up until I joined choir. Then there was the day the football coach told me I had good size and should have played. [...]

]]> By: Jerry Waxler http://garretgillespie.com/blog/2009/08/the-guts-to-get-in-the-car/comment-page-1/#comment-24 Jerry Waxler Wed, 12 Aug 2009 12:01:33 +0000 http://garretgillespie.com/blog/?p=180#comment-24 Haha!! I thought I was the only one who sabotaged myself, busting up my chances for excellence so I could keep my head low. I had developed a whole mythology about why I had done it. Only now, decades later, am I beating the shame and getting into the game. And with blogs, self-publishing, and the new social pathways of the internet, there's never been a better time. Best wishes, Jerry Waxler <a href="http://www.memorywritersnetwork.com/blog" rel="nofollow"> Memory Writers Network </a> Haha!! I thought I was the only one who sabotaged myself, busting up my chances for excellence so I could keep my head low. I had developed a whole mythology about why I had done it. Only now, decades later, am I beating the shame and getting into the game. And with blogs, self-publishing, and the new social pathways of the internet, there’s never been a better time.

Best wishes,
Jerry Waxler
Memory Writers Network

]]> By: Ward http://garretgillespie.com/blog/2009/08/the-guts-to-get-in-the-car/comment-page-1/#comment-23 Ward Thu, 06 Aug 2009 16:48:43 +0000 http://garretgillespie.com/blog/?p=180#comment-23 Go for it Garrett! Go for it Garrett!

]]> By: Cori http://garretgillespie.com/blog/2009/08/the-guts-to-get-in-the-car/comment-page-1/#comment-22 Cori Thu, 06 Aug 2009 16:28:35 +0000 http://garretgillespie.com/blog/?p=180#comment-22 I see you as a very courageous person - I'm glad you're seeing it yourself. Look at where we are and from whence we've come... Wow. Thanks. I see you as a very courageous person – I’m glad you’re seeing it yourself. Look at where we are and from whence we’ve come… Wow. Thanks.

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