Breathing Room

A Note on Stretching: Question....................................? Can it be possible for an answered prayer to be both a blessing and a curse? Or that it may be beneficial on one hand and a consequential burden on the other. I’ve prayed for somethings concerning my career. Needless to say, God has shown up like He do. I was looking for it to be one way........However, it was delivered in the most complexed way possible! After many years of walking with God, I should know by now that God don’t do simple. Well, my answered prayer is unfolding right before my eyes and I’m experiencing the process everyday! It is causing me to be stretched in ways that I couldn’t imagine. So much so that I began to question my craft as an educator. I had been doing some serious career evaluation and was ready to walk away from what I love. At some point, we all go through a period of transition or stretching, but few of us are lucky enough to go through the process spiritually aware and witnessing remn

As I sit and reflect on my first week back to school, I reminded myself WHY I do what I do! Why do I get out of bed Monday thru Friday? Why did I become an educator? I became an educator for reasons of the heart, to help others learn, and to make a positive impact in the lives of people. This year is a little different though because I’m being called to a different level of connectedness with my class this year. A bond that is going to govern how well they will thrive academically in my classroom. I am being charge to make a connection with my students not in my methods but in my heart. I was challenged to remember that my heart is what led me to teach. So, I am to join self, subject, and students into the same fabric that will create a capacity of connectedness within the classroom. I am charged to “Win their hearts”!  Do you know your WHY?

I learned through the years that life isn’t always easy. But if you’re always looking at the bad, you will miss the good. I have come to realize though, that just like when finding the silver lining, there is a beauty in the storms.  You have to embrace them. They are a blessing in disguise. How would you know the morning if you never knew the midnight?