Wednesday, August 26, 2020

8-28-2020

 


Mary’s Minute

"Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them."   

--Marcus Aurelius   

During the first week of school a teacher said to me that she had forgotten how good it would be to see the kids.  Getting ready to reopen school, dealing with the stress of the pandemic, and feeling the anxiety of uncertainty was consuming. 

In life it is easy to focus on the challenges, but this teacher reminded me of something so important.  When we dwell in the positive of life, the negative doesn’t seem so overwhelming. 

In education, the positive part of our job is working with children!

To focus on the positive instead of the negative should be easy, but we all know it isn’t.  There is so much more good than bad in the world – even during a pandemic.

Sadly, we may get 50 words of praise, but we focus on the one word of criticism.  We need to focus on the positive!  We need to focus on the stars and run to them!

Have a great week!

                                                                        Mary

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