Bird Droppings October 9, 2012 What we see in a word or two?   “There are people who, when they see the word passion in a book’s title, may not open its cover because that word conjures up imagery of excessive feeling that shortcuts clear and dispassionate thinking. Though the relationship between the word and…

Bird Droppings October 8, 2012 What are we doing to our kids?   I started writing this in addition to yesterday’s thoughts just before heading to North Georgia to drop off our granddaughter fully intending on completing and having ready to post my dropping for the day and one thing led to another and soon…

Bird Droppings October 7, 2012 Surmounting difficulties   “Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.” Dr. Seuss   “There are two ways of meeting difficulties. You alter the difficulties or you alter yourself to meet them.” Phyllis Bottome   It has…

Bird Droppings October 5, 2012 Where do we find happiness?   “The very purpose of our life is happiness; the very motion of our lives is toward happiness.” the Dalai Lama   It has been several years since in my journey through life I wandered through the Mall of Athens on a particular day. It…

Bird Droppings October 4, 2012 Pondering is that a word?   Today is an interesting day; I am within a few hours of finishing an IEP for a student and preparing several lesson plans for next week. I was thinking back a few years to our last house, it is so welcome to be back…

Bird Droppings October 3, 2012 Why are we only a small part of all that is? It is often very difficult for some to except being simply a part of and not the central focus of life around them. I was watching the beginning of the movie Seven Pounds and in the first scene or…

Bird Droppings October 1, 2012 How my studies are making sense?   My head feels like a sponge from a cold perhaps why I was sitting thinking back to a day we as teachers in Walton County were not paid as it was one of our furlough days imposed by our governor and of students…

Bird Droppings September 28, 2012 Can we see a gray world in color?   “Stress is the body and mind’s response to any pressure that disrupts its normal balance. It occurs when our perceptions of events don’t meet our expectations and we don’t manage our reaction to the disappointment. As a response, stress expresses itself…

Bird Droppings September 27, 2012 Why do we not allow that light bulb to go on?   It has been nearly five years since my doctorial cohort ended and we began the journey on our own. Most of us will have had a few classes or two together here and there and are into and…