When I attended my mother’s PhotoReading course 10 years ago, I was amazed.
It was fun, physically and mentally engaging, energising, and incredibly practical.
I was never what you’d call a “studious” student—and that was reflected in my school grades.
The problem wasn’t that I wasn’t capable, it was that I couldn’t learn in the way that was expected of me.
The same linear, traditional method that’s still used in most schools in Romania today.
I could read, but what I read didn’t make sense.
I could listen in class, but the way information was presented felt flat.
I could write down everything the teacher said, but none of it stuck.
The standard method just didn’t match how my brain processes information.
School felt monotonous, boring—and, honestly, it seemed like the teachers were feeling exactly the same way, which didn’t help either.
Later on, after I finished high school, I carried a quiet resentment with me.
I thought I simply wasn’t capable of doing the things that interested me—like studying medicine—because I didn’t “know how to learn” like other people.
I couldn’t retain information the way others could.
I couldn’t read as fast.
I couldn’t express myself as clearly.
And so on.
But about two years ago, I realised something.
That course I took with my mother had completely shifted the way I learn—without me even noticing it at first.
My mind kept operating on its old assumptions, running the same diminishing conversations over and over again.
But the truth was… I had been soaking up information like a sponge.
And once I saw that, something clicked.
I realised it was never about whether I could learn or not—
It was about whether I was willing to engage, to show up, and to actually allow myself to learn.
Yesterday, someone reminded me of something my mother used to say:
“The mind is a wonderful servant, but a terrible master.”
Why?
Because the mind can’t distinguish what’s good or bad.
It just listens and receives.
And if you fill it with thoughts that disempower you, it simply accepts them—
like it’s saying, “Oh? That’s what you believe? Okay, then that must be true.”
And it gives you exactly what you expect.
So, why am I sharing this?
Because you’re walking around with the most powerful computer in the world—right there in your head.
And what you feed that computer will directly affect what comes out of it.
There is nothing more valuable on this Earth (aside from your physical health) than that computer.
Without it, nothing else exists.
—Sharon🙂