I have been reflecting much with my sister-in-law on a project we hope to get started one day. And I think both of us have been thinking and reflecting as best as we can regarding what the vision should be, how we should get it started, who we should talk to. And today was a turning point in it all. Though I am going to refrain from revealing our next steps which has taken on an entirely different project, I think it is important to realize nothing is about us. Our students are not our students, our ideas should stem from others, our faith in humanity should be shared- we need to create mirrors and windows namely through storytelling. And I have found that I can change the first line (below) to really anything in the world I am connected to and realize the words must not come from me. "Humanity is not your humanity" "Educational problems cannot be claimed as "your" problems" and "Your children are not your children..."

What growth can you gain from reading a poem such as this? Think about windows into the soul. Think about mirrors as well. 

"Your students are not your students

They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself

They come through you but not from you,

And though they are with you yet they belong not to you

You may give them your love but not your thoughts,

For they have their own thoughts

You may house their bodies but not their souls,

For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow

which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams

- Khalil Gibral