The daily meanderings of a teacher

Tag: Seneca

  • Gratitude is action as well as words

    Bird Droppings November 11, 2011 Gratitude is action as well as words Most mornings I am driving to school about four thirty or so in the morning but today with Veterans Day as a holiday I got to relax till maybe five or so. Today my wife had scheduled a medical procedure and we were…

  • There is a reason I am told

    Bird Droppings August 31, 2011 There is a reason I am told “The purpose of life is a life of purpose.” Robert Byrne I have often wondered about this thought as have so many before me and will after I am gone. Philosophers wonder and wise men ponder, is there purpose, a reason for each…

  • It is not about asking for but giving thanks

    Bird Droppings August 17, 2011 It is not asking for but giving thanks As I do so often searching the book shelves at my local Barnes and Nobles or Borders, soon to be no more. I found a few books over the past weekend. Two of the books are by J. T. And William Garrett…

  • Finding our piece and or place

    Bird Droppings August 16, 2011 Finding our piece and or place “We are not all called to be great. But we are called to reach out our hands to our brothers and sisters, and to care for the earth in the time we are given” Kent Nerburn, Small Graces Many years ago when I lived…

  • Sometimes we get to close to the edge

    Bird Droppings April 19, 2011 Sometimes we get to close to the edge I recall taking groups hiking in North Georgia and always there is that one person who has to be at the edge of a gorge or edge of the trail dropping two hundred feet down looking over and nearly falling. Maybe they…

  • Finding our piece or place in Life

    Bird Droppings March 25, 2011 Finding our piece and or place in Life I went out into the cold morning air seemed winter snuck back in last night the temperature was about forty degrees after feeling like springtime for several weeks now. The super moon is waning and about half is left and was on…