This Time I Am Going to Get It Right: Make Sure You Don’T Forget to Use Your Resources

By Louise Childs

No one is entitled to success; you have to work hard at it. Reflecting back on my life, I must say that providing your children with a definitive plan and giving them the tools to succeed in life by doing something positively constructive in life is relevant. My thoughts for writing this book have been culminating over the years and even though I never thought that I would write a book, I always had something to say. I figured writing a book would be the perfect platform to talk about what I have experienced about being disconnected and not knowing really what I wanted to do, so I did a little bit of everything. For some, they might think that doing a whole lot of things is interesting and audacious and other hand, some may view it pessimistically as being discombobulated. However, from my very own personal perspective, I view it as growth.

Are you familiar with the story about the caterpillar that turned into a butterfly and was gradually leaving its cocoon? If you interfere with the process of trying to free the butterfly from its cocoon, the interference becomes injurious to the butterfly and it will never fly. The lessons and the experiences of life can be bittersweet, but they make us who we are and eventually we become that butterfly who is ready to spread its beautiful wings and fly.

• Language: English
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Release date: Mar 21, 2011
• ISBN: 9781450296588

Louise Childs

Louise Childs is an Afro-American who was born and raised in Philadelphia Pa. She served proudly in the United States Army as a Non-Commissioned Officer. She served in the first Gulf War; Desert Shield/Desert Storm as an Intelligence Analyst. Louise Childs pursued a four year college degree in Business Administration with a minor in Management at Strayer University in Morrisville, North Carolina. Louise Childs graduated Magna Cum Laude with a 3.84 GPA. Additionally, Louise Childs decided to continue her education at North Carolina Central University – School of Education in Durham, North Carolina. Cultivate the mind, educate it.

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THIS TIME I AM GOING TO GET IT

RIGHT

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MAKE SURE YOU DON’T FORGET

TO USE YOUR RESOURCES

LOUISE CHILDS

iUniverse, Inc.

Bloomington

This Time I Am Going To Get It Right

Make Sure You Don’t Forget To Use Your Resources

Copyright © 2011 by Louise Childs

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"To all of those who are motivated to

get to where they are going because, they know where they have been."

"I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget

what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel."

Mayo Angelou

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgements

Introduction:

 Chapter 1

 Chapter 2

 Chapter 3

 Chapter 4

 Chapter 5

 Chapter 6

 Chapter 7

 Chapter 8

Afterword

Epilogue

Conclusion

About the Author:

The Bridge Builder

An old man, going a lone highway,

Came at the evening, cold and gray,

To chasm, vast and deep and wide,

Through which was flowing a sullen tide.

The old man crossed in the twilight dim;

The sullen stream had no fears for him;

But he turned when safe on the other side

And built a bridge to span the tide.

Old man, said a fellow pilgrim near,

"You are wasting strength with building here;

Your journey will end with the ending day;

You never again must pass this way;

You have crossed the chasm, deep and wide —

Why build you the bridge at the eventide?"

The builder lifted his old gray head:

Good friend, in the path I have come, he said,

"There followeth after me today

A youth whose feet must pass this way.

This chasm that has been naught to me

To that fair-haired youth may a pit-fall be,

He, too, must cross in the twilight dim;

Good friend, I am building the bridge for him."

Will Allen Dromgool

Preface

These thoughts have been a part of my life for many years. This is my opportunity to share my experiences and my thoughts with people who have not gotten as far as I have and neither have a path to go forward. I am humbled to be able to provide an opportunity for anyone who needs to take the first step.

Your path will enlighten you of things that you have never thought possible. I have been able to achieve things that broaden my horizons and my learning experiences by following these edicts. Learning is such a wonderful experience. It will provide you with fulfilled dreams and a life of happiness forever. Enjoy!

Acknowledgements

I would first like to thank God,