3/31/14
Take a Walk in Someone Else's Shoes
Leadership Sessions
The "Walk a Mile" session was about not judging people by what they do in their lives because you don't know what goes on in their everyday lives. Mike Donahue was a great speaker on how words can hurt just as much or more than physical abuse. He talked about how when he was growing up he did drugs not to get high but to feel nothing, to feel numb. He wanted to feel like this because of how his home life was with his father gone and his mother having fits. He told about personal stories and about stories that kids have told him over the years while he has been a speaker. He helped us understand that we shouldn't reach for the bottom shelf, to go for the easier way out but to go for the top shelf, to reach for our dreams. He showed us a slide show with pictures people have given him over the years of why they do what they do to themselves or why they feel like they do. On the other side of it, he was just as funny as he was serious, cracking jokes about how people hide behind their phones. Overall, it was very entertaining and very enjoyable to listen to.
Contributed by Bailey Howard, 2014 FCCLA Media Team
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I have seen the "Take a Walk in Someones Else's Shoes" workshop many times and it has never gotten old. Every time I have participated, I have taken something new from it every single time. It is very enjoyable and everyone can relate. Overall an amazing workshop!
ReplyDeleteThat accutly makes alot of sense the way the guy explains it. Verbal abuse is bad and we should not tolarate it no longer. So yes I agree with the mans speech and think it is good.
ReplyDeleteTaking a walk in someones shoes is a great activity. It never gets old and its a great way to realize what others go through and that you shouldnt judge someones life style. "Walk a Mile" is a great activity to do.
ReplyDeleteI attended this workshop at this years state confrence. It was a really well planned workshop and got everyone that attended laughing. Mike Donahue gave everyone an important message about how their words effect others while making the workshop enjoyable.
ReplyDeleteThis was one of the work shop that i went to. It was really emotional to listen to what other kind was going through in their lives and how they were judged with people who dont "know" them. It was a overall a great plesure to listen to him.
ReplyDeleteI agree that words hurt more then physical abuse. Words stay with you forever but bruises go away, yeah you will always remember that they hit you and it will be upsetting but you will always rethink what they said to you, and it hurts forever especially if you never thought they would ever say something like that to you.
ReplyDeleteThis was by far my favorite speaker through FCCLA. I got to listen to this speaker at the National Cluster Meeting in Omaha, Nebraska. This was a true speaker and he defanitely was passionate about the subject which touched everyone in the room as it was silent while he was speaking. His speech really meant alot to me and it also made me think not so much of myself anymore.
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