Category: A teachers journey

  • How we see it?

    Bird Droppings June 8, 2010 How we see it? “If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.” Abraham H. Maslow A rather simple statement as I look at it yet so true. We tend to be limited to what we know and what we have…

  • Searching for Wisdom

    Bird Droppings June 7, 2010 Searching for wisdom “The awakened sages call a person wise when all his undertakings are free from anxiety about results; all his selfish desires have been consumed in the fire of knowledge. The wise, ever satisfied, have abandoned all external supports. Their security is unaffected by the results of their…

  • Can we wait?

    Bird Droppings June 5, 2010 Can we wait? I missed writing during a weekday for the first time in some while yesterday and all day I felt as if something was missing. There has been so much in my family the past week and today a wedding of one of my cousin’s children. I wish…

  • Searching for the ends of the bell shaped curve

    Morning Bird Droppings June 3, 2010 Searching for the ends of a bell shaped curve “Tell me what gives a man or woman their greatest pleasure and I’ll tell you their philosophy of life.” Dale Carnegie In the aftermath of the Republican and Democratic conventions going on nearly two years ago now I realized how…

  • Following the Path

    Bird Droppings June 1, 2010 Following the Path “In our way of life, with every decision we make, we always keep in mind the Seventh Generation of children to come. When we walk upon Mother Earth, we always plant our feet carefully, because we know that the faces of future generations are looking up at…

  • An interesting day

    Bird Droppings May 31, 2010 An interesting day I was up earlier than normal and went back to bed after sitting out for a few minutes around midnight or so. It was peaceful sitting in the coolness of a summer evening. I thought earlier we were going to have a storm. A cold front came…

  • Finding at what point we exist

    Bird Droppings May 31, 2010 Finding at what point we exist Today is an ordinary day other than being one extra on a long holiday weekend. Today we celebrate Memorial Day honoring our veterans and military friends and family members that have fallen in service to our country. Over the years thinking back to high…

  • To die a happy death:

    Bird Droppings May 28, 2010 To die a happy death: I have been teaching high school now for nearly ten years and this will be tonight another graduation ceremony and celebration of sorts. I am starting my day a bit later than normal since we work late tonight due to the graduation at eight o’clock.…

  • Storms at night

    Bird Droppings May 27, 2010 Storms at night I wish storms had a better scheduling manager at times while it looked at times last night that a storm was imminent it never came. I had gone out to bring the dog in and clouds were swirling around a nearly full moon providing quite a view…

  • Cultivating the inner self

    Bird Droppings May 26, 2010 Cultivating the inner self “If people find no room in their lives to pray or to meditate, to reflect deeply on why they have been created and what they must do with their lives, and to listen with all of their being to the guidance of the universe, then these…