Public speaking, a privilege ?
I now realize, that speaking to an audience is, a real privilege.
Let me explain why :
Most people not yet adept at speaking alone and being watched with intent, usually consider the very exercise, at best, a source of dread or in clinically acute cases, a source of terror.
Something like a creepy desire to be rushed to the hospital, before the show, and stay there until the threat to speak, gradually subsides, in the ether of time.
Weird, isn'it ? Not quite so.
Years ago, I have been there, myself.
So, what happened ? To be frank, I am not quite sure.
A few intertwined factors were at play, then.
I knew I wanted to feel more comfortable to face audiences,
I knew the skill was useful on many levels, for my work, for my life in general.
It seems the determining factor was to deliver a few messages
I thought were important, to me, and probably useful to others.
What I now remember, is the day the delicate alchemy to deliver that first message worked, and people in the audience told me they enjoyed the speech. I think that was it.
The satisfaction to have been able to do that, just once, was calling for a repeat, then another, and another, in various settings, with various types of people.
Years later, I have spoken during my work and for the NGOs I volunteered with.
I am also more aware of the demands the privilege to speak require :
📌 the necessity to have a meaningful topic to share, something you strongly believe in,
📌 and the need to make it entertaining and memorable.
Now, every single time, I still keep enjoying the preparation and the thrill to be there.
The dread has become a pleasant exercise, an opportunity to anticipate with open arms.
A very, very far cry from the wish I once had, to vanish in thin air.
No way ! 🙂
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