The daily meanderings of a teacher

Tag: Mahatma Gandhi

  • Actions speak so much louder than words

    Bird Droppings March 16, 2012 Actions speak so much louder than words   Look at children. Of course they may quarrel, but generally speaking they do not harbor ill feelings as much or as long as adults do. Most adults have the advantage of education over children, but what is the use of an education…

  • When leaving behind and moving beyond a piece is always left

    Bird Droppings March 15, 2012 When leaving behind and moving beyond a piece is always left   “All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter into another!” Gail Sheehy, American journalist, author  …

  • Can we change things?

    Bird Droppings March 14, 2012 Can we change things?               Over this past weekend right after losing an hour of sleep I drove with my oldest son and one of his co-workers in the reptile trade to a reptile show in Colombia South Carolina. The drive to Colombia South Carolina to look at snakes…

  • Finding Solace along the way

    Bird Droppings March 13, 2012 Finding solace along the way   Over the years many of my former and not so former students read my daily meanderings. It has been a couple years since I received an email from a former student who was not the best reader in high school. In his email he…

  • The weavings of life include a strand entitled courage

    Bird Droppings March 12, 2012 The weavings of life include a strand entitled courage   I went out twice last night walking the dog and each time was awe struck by the silence and sky over my head. On my first excursion a shooting star to my left one of few I have seen since…

  • We are where we need to be now

    Bird Droppings March 10, 2012 We are where we need to be now   “St. Therese’s Prayer: May today there be peace within. May you trust your highest power that you are exactly where you are meant to be. May you not forget the infinite possibilities that are born of faith. May you use those…

  • Thinking about Dr. Carl G. Jung and Billy Jack

    Bird Droppings March 9, 2012 Thinking about Dr. Carl G. Jung and Billy Jack   “If there is anything we wish to change in the child, we should first examine it and see whether it is not something that could better be changed in ourselves.” Carl G. Jung   Over the years I have seen…

  • Examine carefully the threads of life

    Bird Droppings March 8, 2012 Examine carefully the threads of life “Man did not weave the web of life; he is merely a strand in it. Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself.” Chief Seattle, 1854 When I walk out into the darkness of a morning to give thanks for my day…

  • A difficult journey

    Bird Droppings March 7, 2012 A difficult journey “Use what talent you possess: the woods would be very silent if no birds sang except those that sang best.” Henry Van Dyke I was visiting with my mother Monday evening and I walked by my fathers and brothers grave site or I should say stood by…

  • Just a reminder from the other day sometimes others see us

      Bird Droppings March 6, 2012 Just a reminder from the other day sometimes others see us             I have been bragging too much about our warm winter and a day of eighty degrees and then tornadoes and now cold again never can tell in Georgia. I walked outside very early today to an almost…