I never imagined I would be teaching for 25 years, but I am.  It just seems to me I have been the one learning. I have learned so much from my students.  What has been the greatest lesson is how the simple things, the everyday trite things can mean so much to just one person. Why punish a kid because he didn't bring his pencil to class, just give him one. Give him one everyday if you have to, its just a pencil. ... http://www.squidoo.com/lensmasters/Tattered_Treasures Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:35:13 -0600 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.squidoo.com/tatteredtreasures It's just so much easier to be nice than it is to be mean. It is so much easier to be positive than it is to be negative. It's just a simple goal of mine but I would like to see each person each day take the time to make a difference in the life of someone else. It doesn't have to be big or great, it just has to be nice. Park at the back of the parking lot so someone else gets the closer space, who knows you might get them home early after work that one night. Buy two hamburgers instead of one and hand it to the guy sitting on the curb out front, what does it matter if he is there " all the time" and you think its a scam, just do it. He just might do it every night because he is hungry.   It's the law of physics, human style, for every action there is a reaction. Let's just fill it all up with positive actions.  I'm not for sure how it all came to be, but we leave comfortably on our farm. We got here because someone loved us enough to make sure we could build on twenty acres of blackland. It's filled with the memories of large vegetable gardens that were filled to capacity with sweet corn, green beans, and onions. They were shared all over the county, not sold, shared.  I live in the shadow of a town filled with people determined to pay for a surgery I needed 50 years ago so I would live and I did and they never asked for anything in return. I have taught high school students for a quarter of a century and the look in their eyes never change, they are searching for acceptance and love. The longer I teach, the more needs I see and it can break your heart or you can do something about it.  Teach a man to fish, he eats all his life. Teach a child to care for others and his life will matter.  Let's see where our journey takes us, leave me your thoughts and your experiences in the blog. Let's get it all rolling along together. philanthropy Sun, 23 Dec 2007 20:59:42 -0600