Inviting Others In This Holiday Season
The holiday season puts a lot of things in perspective for us. And, as the year comes to an end, I guess we can reflect back on our accomplishments and failures. So here it goes. At the age of 19, in 2006, I started my first job in education. Now I’m 29 and we are about to fall into 2016. It’s hard to believe that I have been working in education for 10 years now. As I reflect back on the past decade, I can almost remember every moment I’ve had with students, parents, and colleagues. Every face I remember is a memory, maybe not all memories are the best; but a memory nonetheless. Now, I don’t know what I’ve done to deserve any accommodation, support, or love in my life. But I do know that I greatly appreciate it. All I can say is that I am blessed for the good fortune that I have been given in my life. In the early 1900s, there was a French novelist by the name of Marcel Proust. He said, “Lets us be grateful to the people who make us happy: they are the charming gardeners...