Every job is stressful. We dedicate our time, energy, and years of life to not only put food on the table, but also to hopefully accomplish something that is more than ourselves. We want a legacy communicating to ourselves and others, that all of our sacrifice and stress was worth it in the end. Every … Continue reading It’s Just a Job and Other Lies I Tell Myself
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It’s Easier…
It’s easier to quit than to fail, yet it is worth it to prevail through struggle. It’s easier to “know” than to have to learn, yet it is worth it to diminish our ignorance. It’s easier to speak than to listen, yet it is worth it to be humbled by the perspectives and ideas of … Continue reading It’s Easier…
Hats
Yes. Ditch the hat. Pick up your crown.
Intention
This year let your intentions be the anchor in your storms and the compass that keeps you on the path to living in alignment with your purpose.
Tethers of Toughness
Our mind whispers to the spirit, “If we show we cannot break, no one will know we are broken.”
Gas Tank of a Dreamer
What if we held on to our childlike ambitions? What if we still thought we were Spiderman waiting for our moment to save the world? What if we held on to the belief that the betterment of the world depended on us and our accomplishments? If you feel like you are drudging through your days alive, but not living, it is time to wake up. Every dreamer must work to keep his or her gas tank full.
Constructing Community
Managing behaviors and emotions is a daunting task on top of so many other priorities for teachers to consider. So where do you start?
Friday Reflections: Clean up on Aisle 9
Embrace your mess, and meet it head on. Bring your broom and sweep away the fears that life will never be good again. Peace lies below the heartache, it just needs you to remember that love flows and brings order to all things.
Friday Reflection: Family
We must ensure that every student has a healthy home at school, even if they did not have one at home.
Friday Reflection: Superhero Complex
We all do it. We put the weight of the world on our shoulders. We have to develop the healthy balance of impacting lives while holding on to our own healthy mindsets.
Awake & Accelerate 