Mind, Body and Soul Manifestations

"Be what you would have your pupils be. All other teaching is unblessed mockery." -Thomas Carlyle This is a quote that my pastor shared during her sermon this morning. Her words struck a chord with me. I have always loved Pastor Sandy's sermons and teachings. She is a former teacher herself and has been a great influence on my life for the past 10 years or so. I found out that she will be retiring in July, which made me a little sad, but I am thankful and blessed to have been inspired by her words and her actions. A lot of our service today revolved around teaching and being a disciple. Sometimes in life, there are these moments where you just have an epiphany. When I was listening to her stories and the bible verses we read today, I realized that I truly am doing what I was meant to do. I struggle sometimes with whether I want to stick with teaching, but I cannot imagine myself doing anything else. Pastor Sandy shared another story about a graduate study done at John...

"It's a mystery of human chemistry and I don't understand it, some people, as far as their senses are concerned, just feel like home." -Nick Hornby, High Fidelity We're going on the third snow day in a row. As a teacher, these are the kind of things I live for! Don't get me wrong, I really do love my job (especially this year...last year was a s%*$show!); however, it is really nice to have extra time to get your grading done, plan your lessons, watch a few movies, and even catch up on reading a book or magazine. When you're a teacher, you get so consumed by work that you forget about living a little sometimes. Everyone needs a day or two to just breathe and relax. Anyway, let's get back to the title of this post: High Fidelity . This just happens to be one of my top 5, all time, most favorite movies. (Others include Love Actually, When Harry Met Sally, What Dreams May Come, and Bridesmaids .) It combines a lot of my favorite things: relationships, J...

Everyone always says patience is a virtue. I just wonder sometimes what is so virtuous about having "the ability or willingness to suppress restlessness or annoyance when confronted with delay." Obviously it depends on the situation. I pride myself on being very patient with my students, my nephew, the line at the grocery store, the person driving too slow in front of me...those situations seem appropriate for patience. However, I am feeling quite impatient and restless at the current state of my life. I am trying so hard to be patient and pray and "let go and let God" and all of that, but it just doesn't seem to be doing much good. I just finished watching the Season 3 finale of Downton Abbey and I couldn't believe how overwhelming my feeling was to have a family of my own. I feel like I have been waiting patiently my whole life for that part of my life to start. I always imagined that right after I graduated college, I would have the perfect husband an...