In the Fog

As I was talking with my Japanese teacher yesterday she said something that caught my attention. I was explaining that I wanted to get over the language barrier keeping me from having confidence in speaking. A harsh summary of her reply was this, it’s not that you’re hitting a barrier, (not the language) it’s you. Since you are unclear on what you want to say, you can’t even begin to approach what you want to say in an entirely different language.

 

Now, a light of hope is starting to shine in the cloudiness. I have information that tells me the root of the problem, so what do i do with it? I have to be clear in what I want, what I want to say, also in what I want to do. The clearer the path to victory, or accomplishing the goals i set, the easier it is for me to stay on the path leading to it. Otherwise, I will definitely end up on the path to fear, failure, and frustration.