The woman wearing a Calvin Klein business suit walking quickly down the hallway of her company grounds who is being followed by two interns carrying important files and her morning coffee … is me. The intimidating and respected boss who has it all together is the person I had always aspired to be. The CEO who is financially stable and has absolutely no problems to worry about because her life is like a beautifully-constructed puzzle. These were my thoughts and plans up until my first semester of college, when I met my professor for my Freshman Business Initiative class named Dr. Henry Musoma. I had always had this concrete idea in my mind that emotions made a person look weak, and that a person in power should not show his or her emotional …show more content…
Carter, spoke to our class in. Dr. Carter, who was born blind, earned his PhD in psychology and has been working in the student counseling services department at Texas A&M since 1989. His lecture centered on the importance of vulnerability in a person’s life. He said that it is very unhealthy for someone to be closed off and avoid experiencing feelings. “To avoid our emotions is to deny ourselves a huge part of who we are,” Dr. Carter emphasized. He advised us to face our reality and acknowledge it so that we can allow our struggles to become a part of who we are. He said that is the only way to really be fully alive and whole. Throughout the entire class period I felt like Dr. Carter was speaking directly to me. I thought about all the worries that ran through my head and kept me up at night. All the things that I refused to talk about and pushed to the back of my mind because they made me feel sad and vulnerable.I thought about how my parents were going to pay off my education costs, how in the world I was going to earn a 4.0, and what would happen to me and my family of immigrants if Donald Trump was elected president. Tears rolled down my embarrassed face. I hate crying in front of