Wisdom and Ripples
Each act, glance, gesture, comment––in Day’s words, each “pebble cast”––affects our students and ourselves. Whatever we do causes ripples. And we do not relinquish our castings. When another “picks up” our action or non-action, they initiate new ripples.
When you are fully present with others––and to yourself––you can choose to “lay one brick at a time, take one step at a time” affecting the other and you. And when you choose to be still, taking in what’s around you, you are releasing a pebble inside your self.
Teachers work alone with their students. No one observing, except for the principal’s evaluation visit. They plan each day, each lesson. They set out to do the best they can. They persist. They want to do better.
When they are fully present for their students––and to themselves––they lay one brick at a time, take one step at a time, affecting their students and themselves. And when they choose to listen––a ‘doing’ often not recognized––they are releasing pebbles generating ripples throughout the classroom.
Invite teachers you know to read my Blog, written with them in mind to provide hope in these troubled times.
