Tim Tebow's Shaken

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In Tim Tebow's Shaken, idealism is shown throughout the book through Tim himself, and other people, but he also shows his humility to see the good in everything. First, in this autobiography, Tim Tebow shows how he has an ideal view of himself, even after many struggles and challenges. He shows this with extreme positivity when most people wouldn't in his situation. For example, when Tebow says, “I'm so thankful I am dyslexic. Yes, you heard that right. I'm grateful for this learning disability”(Tebow 130). It's not often people would be grateful for having a learning disability. This quote describes Tebow perfectly because he can find the good out of anything. This is why having an ideal view of the world can have many positive consequences. One reason for this is that he wouldn't be the …show more content…

Instead of thinking this, he decided there was nothing he could change about his disability and he looked at it in an ideal way. Doing this shaped him into the person he is today. Furthermore, Tebow doesn't just view himself ideally, but other people too. Most people want to be “normal” and to fit in like everyone else instead of using the skills God graciously gave us. Tebow sees these amazing gifts in everyone and wants us to use them to help others. He explains this by saying, “Instead of wanting to be like someone else, make the most out of your talents. The Bible teaches us that ‘as each one has received a special gift, employ it in serving one another as good stewards of the manifold grace of God’"(Tebow 134). It wouldn't be far-fetched to say that most of our society doesn't think about people in this ideal way. This is because this society has made “normal” the main goal in life when it shouldn't be. There is a greater purpose than being average in this society. Tebow understands this, which is a great consequence of having an ideal view of

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