Day 11: The Virtue of Vices
As I continue on The Journey of 1000 days it amazes me that when I quiet the noises in my head and focus on things that echo through my...
Day 10: Don't Look Back
“It’s easy to change ... but it is easier not to.” Tim Hansel It seems to me that much of my malaise comes from inertia. When I am on a...
Day 9: The Dance
“We dance ‘round in a ring and suppose while the Secret sits in the middle and knows.” – Robert Frost I remember first reading this...
Day 8: Starting Over
“Giving up is the only sure way to fail.” –Gina Showalter “Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. Failure is delay, not...
Day 7: Looking for Hills
“Never measure the height of a mountain until you have reached the top. Then you will know how low it was.” Dag Hammarskjold I really...
Day 6: Teaching is Relational
“People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care!” -Theodore Roosevelt My educational credo was established early...
Day 5: What to Do When Lost
“Using a faulty paradigm is like trying to find your way through Chicago with a map of Detroit.” –Eddie Brown There is a tendency for us...
Day 4: A Single Step
“The journey of 1000 miles begins with a single step.” Chinese Proverb It seems obvious that each of my adventures begin with a single,...
Day 3: Wink, Laugh, Love
“There is a time to wink as well as see ...” I remember this idiom for some reason and thought it would be appropriate in remembering...
Day 2: I Gotta Know What Day It Is
It is so easy to let life slip into a ho-hum routine. I know because I have done it and I don’t want to just sit on the couch watching...
