handwritten on November 16, 2019
I listened to a pretty moving sermon today at the church I attend. And I believe it came at a pretty interesting time in my life where I'm trying to push myself towards a change I don't know about yet. Nevertheless, I can sense that a change is coming soon (particularly with my pathway in life right now and my career.)
Well today the sermon was about fulfilling your destiny and that all of us are experiencing some type of hardship or internal struggle and though we wish we could plan out our future, we just need to take one step forward day after day and realize it is never too late to find a new path. In addition, we cannot live in the past because otherwise we become so caught up in our...
handwritten on November 15, 2019
Throughout the year I know I've talked a few times about time, how fleeting it is and how if we let it, it controls our thinking and our whereabouts and where we are and where we want to go. And I think if anything I have done this year, it is come to the realization that you can never make the excuse that you don't have enough time to "have fun." That time isn't wasted time-it's precious time. Do you really need to shove in one more math question or do you have time for a little 1 minute brain break to tell a pretty funny story. Stories are the essance of humanity. In fact, if I really take a look at the teachers and mentors who had the most profound impact on my life-they were the...
handwritten on November 13, 2019
Rose-colored glasses have always indicated to me that the person wearing them is full of fantastical dreams that most likely will never come true. But then as I saw today, without the rose colored glasses we lose a lot of ideas, dreams, thoughts, ambitions and pieces of joy. After our first student council meeting, my perceptions about student leadership changed dramatically. Kids are inherently innocent but also so eager to place paint on a blank canvas whereas as adults, we mull over the correct color choice and the spacing and the design and whether others will like it.
It was evident today when we broke into two beautiful groups of spirit and service that our world most likely would be...
handwritten on November 11, 2019
Every year, our school conducts a veteran's day assembly where all veterans are called to come to the school and each grade level recognizes them for their love and their faith to our country. We passed on a little whimsy today as a third grade team...thank you to all of our veterans.
peace is…
(Everyone) HOPE
peace is…
(Everyone) LOVE
peace is…
BRAVERY FROM ABOVE
peace is …
Happiness
peace is . . .
HEART
Peace is…
You who gave our country its start
Peace
flies high
Peace
shines its light
Peace
is a gift from you who made things right
Peace is in inside us (point to you)
You taught us to be brave (arms out!)
You fought for our country
our flag still waves (waves flag)
We know we...
handwritten on November 10, 2019
There is always that age old phrase that the multiplication of love lives in the present rather than the past. Or rather, "don't live in the past." Certainly agreed that the multiplication love can certainly pass on from past to present and sometimes a multiplication is only realized and a seed only scattered when a past memory or experience is realized and cast towards the future.
Not able to find a parking spot today on my way to the library, I decided I would just park a few blocks away and walk by the Cathedral of Learning on Pitt's campus. There were a beautiful amount of ginko leaves scattering the sidewalk likes wishes on asphalt, and I did my best to take in the people and the...
