Teachers

I am generally suspicious of public school teachers who don't send their own children to public schools.

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It is unfortunate that so many of us overlook the beauty in everyday things. Maybe we simply gloss over what we consider mundane. Or maybe we are just so busy that we don't take an extra moment to recognize what is in front of us. Anyone can glance out a window, but it is a difficult task to stop and recognize the composition already framed in by the window itself not just as a smattering of objects, but as an interesting piece of our lives. As a society, we show respect and sometimes reverence to those who have the power to meditate on those small piece of their daily lives, yet so few of us strive for the same. Maybe that is part of the true essence of what it means to be human.

Childhood

When I dropped my children off at school this morning I saw so much happiness, so much curiosity, and so much innocent inhibition.Surely the warm, sunny Southern California morning helped. But not everyone has those same memories. Not everyone remembers being carefree where their inquisitiveness is both allowed and encouraged. How does this effect our disposition as adults? Who would you rather work with, the happy kid or kid who was constantly told, "No"?  

Dissatisfaction

It is not so much if a person experiences dissatisfaction in life. The real issue is how that dissatisfaction manifests itself into irreversible actions.

"Who are you?"
"I am your grandmother on a cold morning lighting a wood burning stove. I am your grandfather's excommunication. I am your mother's fight with cancer."
"You are a ghost?"
"No. There is no such foolishness as ghosts. Or goblins. Or gods. I am what you already know to be true. I awaken the beauty in your soul."
"And how do you do that?"
"Simply by allowing you to awaken yourself"

New Leaf

I need to grow a new tree before I can turn over a new leaf.

Answers

Sure, I don't have too many answers for this world, but that doesn't give people the right to get mad at me for asking the questions I have.
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