10 Powerful Beliefs That Will Push You Toward Recess
A Very Special Blog Entry by Guest Author Fictional Character Eddie “Donkeylips” Gelfen
Hey guys!
What’s up? It’s me- your pal Donkelylips! I’ve been up to a LOT lately! Just look at this sweet photo of me, “hanging ten” with former US President Ronald Wilson Reagan! If that doesn’t spell S-U-C-C-E-S-S, then my work on the hit CBS Television series Becker sure does!
Speaking of success- wow! The internet, huh? The internet sure is an amazing resource of top tips to help you live your best life. Articles like “Laser Living: 10 Ways to Focus Like a Photobeam” and “Sucessories: 12 of Those Idiotically Popular Poster Sayings, Printed Here Without Pictures or Permission” dominate the e-landscape. I just finished reading “20 minutes to 20 Muffins that Will Change Your Holiday Party”. Neat!
But I noticed there isn’t a lot out there for the success-oriented child. As a successful Hollywood child actor, I know a thing or two about success, and also childhood. I learned a thing or two about positive thinking on the set of Chicken Soup for the Soul: “Footprints on my heart.” So I’ve written the following blog post for the child star within us all.
But don’t “Salute” these “Shorts” purely on my word! There are plenty of other folks out there you could listen to, I guess. Actions, and IMDB credits, speak louder than words. I’m cool to let the record speak for itself. So unless you wanna end up some dweebus at, oh let’s just pick some possible outcomes at random, Indiana University School of Law or noodling your guitar in some loser hip-rock band, you’ll read it. Punk.
10 Powerful Beliefs That Will Push You Toward Recess
- I am in charge of the toy I play with.
You and only you are responsible of what you make of a given situation. If you want dibs on the tetherball court, you can make it happen. It is not Ms Tamilson’s fault that you got stuck with a crappy old jumprope AGAIN. Don’t be a victim! Visualize! - I can make a better future from today’s kickball team, tomorrow.
You can change your future by your actions today. Some team captains suffer from the fatalist mentality that are not in control of their team’s destiny; that they will never pick first and will always be stuck with the asthmatic wiener kid. Accept that wiener kid. Befriend him and teach him how to bunt. In return, he will totally help you with your fractions, or maybe let you hang around his hot older sister. - I don’t need the approval of others to succeed, but I do need the approval of others to be cool.
Recess is the one time of day that is totally ruled by kids. Do what it takes to be cool- just make sure you do it when Ms. Tamilson’s back is turned. - Teachers are catalysts, not barriers, to recess.
Whether you like it or not, that hell-bitch Ms Tamilson has the whistle. If approached in the right way and you network with the right people, you can extend your playtime by several minutes. Approach teachers the wrong way and you’ll get study hall on the nicest day of the year. You will get things done faster by getting help from others. - Positive thoughts are powerful and empowering. Jokes at other’s expense are MORE empowering.
The successful kid knows very well that starting a day with a positive rather than a negative outlook means having successful day. The uber-successful kid knows that the road to recess royalty is paved with the battered and tarred psyches of one’s competitors. Boost your own confidence by undermining the confidence of others. When you wake up tomorrow, start your day the RIGHT way with an affirmation like “Today, I WILL come up with the awesomest nickname for that mole-kid with the big ears.” - Forget, forgive, rejoice. How many starlets in the Rolls Royce?
A classic jump rope chant. - There are forces and energies which can help me if I’m conscious.
However, if I get knocked out in the fight, I will wake up in the nurse’s office with gauze stuffed up my nose and everyone will be calling me a wiener- even that mole-kid with the big ears! So, stay conscious: punch first, punch hard. - Bald patches are temporary
Jordan Sturdeson is a dirty liar. We WILL all hit puberty some day. - What I learn can be improved and refined.
Self-empowered people have a very dynamic view on life. There is always space for change and improvement especially on skills and lessons learnt. Just because you couldn’t throw Madison “Moleskin” Plander’s lunchbox over the school roof today doesn’t mean you can’t tomorrow. And come to think of it, maybe “Moleskin” Plander isn’t the awesomest nickname for that mole-kid with the big ears after all. Progress, not perfection- tomorrow is another day! - I already have all I need.
Self-explanatory. Unless you go to an underfunded public school. Then, you probably lack even basic resources like kickballs and grass. If that’s the case, move.