How Rowan Atkinson become Mr. Bean, A beautiful story illustrating the teachings of Abraham.

​Today Facebook served me a story about Mr. Bean - they thought I might like it, and they were right.

I did enjoy it a fair bit, but not for the reasons they might have ascribed.
I enjoyed it because it brought Abraham's teachings to life.
 
Here is the text of the post from a page called Strange Things in a Stunning World. 

Begin Quote [Mr. Bean (Rowan Atkinson) – The story of the man who never gave up on his dreams.
Rowan Atkinson was born into a middle-class family and suffered terribly as a child because of his stuttering. He was also teased and bullied at school because of his looks. His bullies thought he looked like an alien. 
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He was soon marked as strange and became a very shy, withdrawn kid who didn’t have many friends, so he dived into science, one of his teachers said. Nothing was outstanding about him. I did not expect him to be a brilliant scientist, but he has proved everyone wrong. Admitted to Oxford University during his days, he started falling in love with acting but couldn’t perform due to his speaking disorder. he got his master’s degree in electrical engineering before appearing in any movie or TV show after getting his degree, he decided to pursue his dream and become an actor so he enrolled in a comedy group but again, his stammering got in the way.

A lot of TV shows rejected him, and he felt devastated despite the many rejections. He never stopped believing in himself. He had a great passion for making people laugh and knew that he was very good at it. he started focusing more and more on his original comedy sketches and soon realized that he could speak fluently whenever he played some character. he found a way to overcome his stuttering and he also used there as an inspiration for his acting. While studying for his master’s Rowan Atkinson co-created the strange, surreal, and now speaking character known as Mr Bean.

He had success with other shows, Mr. Bean made him globally famous and despite all the obstacles, he faced because of his looks and his speaking disorder, he proved that even without a heroic body or a Hollywood face, you can become one of the most loved and respected actors in the world. The motivational success story of Rowan Atkinson. It’s so inspiring because it teaches us that to be successful in life, the most important things are passion, hard work, dedication and never giving up, because without caring about our feelings and weaknesses.

Moral of the story: 
No one is born perfect. Don’t be afraid. People can accomplish amazing things every day despite their weaknesses and failures. So go and do the best you can with the one life you’ve got.] End Quote

Here is my interpretation:
As long as Rowan Atkinson was himself, he stuttered, probably because he had worrier parents. And once the label was attached to him, it became a part of who he was. But soon as he took on the personality of a character he was playing, the stutter went away. Why?
Because the character he was playing didn't have a stutter.
The power of how we focus and think can change everything.
Our thoughts about ourselves hold us back, but when we become another person we can adopt a whole new identity. Just flip a switch and become the person you want to be. If it helps you to give yourself a nick name, why not? I did.
 
My parents changed my name more than once when I was a child. Yes, that's a story for another time.
 
When I got older, I gave myself a nickname. To this day family members refer to me by that name.
 
When I adopted a Law of Attraction based life, I changed it again.
 
I didn't change my name but I changed it's pronunciation - this enabled me to become a whole new person, behave differently and have a whole new personality. Who we are, is a decision we make, and we can make a new decision anytime we want.
 
It's all in our head - we can talk ourselves into or out of anything we want.Much love,
Zehra