The Beauty of Doing, not DONE
Last week, I put it out there that we
have to remember ourselves. This theme came up again this AM on Twitter, when I
responded to one of author Joel L. Daniel’s tweets:
"the times i am most proud of myself are the times in which i gave and shared more than i thought i had, gave more than i thought i could, loved harder than i thought i cared to.
keep pouring out, star. your cup will forever overflow."
His thoughts seems to be like
those I’ve envisioned run through many educators’ minds around the globe as
they hit walls: keep pouring out. My response has received a few likes already,
so I know there are more folks out there who agree with both:
"I love the sentiment of this, however, I know many amazing people who have truly drained themselves into a pit of exhaustion & sense of loneliness with this practice: #teachers.
We all need to support each other."
From this idea that perhaps we go, go, go
until it’s detrimental to ourselves, this week’s essay asks us to be
comfortable with, and appreciate, progress. I know that I can get caught up in
wanting a perfect, bow-wrapped package. At times, I have decided to not start
something because I was afraid I wouldn’t be able to complete it. I regret that
mindset.
Teachers can be the biggest, most amazing
cheerleaders for their students and their coworkers. Every human needs that
sort of influence in their lives. Encouragement from others leads to mind-shift
from the problems to the progresses and the possibilities: to hope.
Every
human. That includes you.
So this essay is my pump-up for you.
Marlene’s photo reminded me that we, like the butterfly, may have to dip and
feel around a bit to find that sweet nectar. But we’re in the garden of life
and there are a multitude of flowers out there. We deserve time to feel the
warm sun and savor those steps of progress. You’re doing so many wonderful
things!
Let’s
sit in that garden for a minute and enjoy it.
P.S. Hannah Wilson just put out another great blog, this
one on our global connections. I just had to share. In my essay this week, I
talked of the school as an organism. She reminded me there’s an even bigger one
we exist in. You, me, our children, our students- we are related to the globe
of 7 billion humans. That’s how big that garden can (and should) be. Check out
how she relates a number of ways her students are building bridges well beyond
their school walls! Global Mindset,
Global Community: Global Citizenship.
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