Children are hungry
For the wisdom of the soul,
Such wisdom as they can almost remember.
The song of god still echoes
In their ears,
Their shoulders remember wings.
We who stand in the power
Of half a lifetime’s learning
Need only look with eyes of love
And speak with spirit voices.
Then will we be heard
Then will the children blossom
With the warm rain of our teaching.
Each child is god
Come down to walk among us,
Embodiment of
Eternity and love.
Each child is god
Each holds
The wisdom necessary
To shift the earth.
Each carries light—
Her own light
And the light of all.
All children need from us
Is that we see them
Our eyes both clear and mirrored,
Seeing and reflecting
Sun.
Let me introduce you to Pat Cegan, another conscious teacher. Follow the link back to her blog to read one of her stories about serving very special children.
I trust you.
You will do what’s right
For the highest good
Of all concerned.
I believe in you.
You will sort it through
Until your own wisdom
Comes clear like water.
I know you.
You are magnificent.
Today’s lesson could be compassion:
That deep love that holds connection
Without should,
Playing cards with the homeless
In random sheltering doorways.
Today’s lesson could be joy:
Running before the fall wind,
Eyes full of clear air,
Spirits lifting like kites to bright azure amazement.
Today’s lesson could be peace:
Small bodies sunk like trees
Into the earth,
Fear leaving like transpiration
Or misplaced mist
Each breath an incantation.
Today’s lesson could be art:
The joy of spirit
Recorded forever in crayon ink.
Or perhaps it’s growth–
Tiny roots of change
Pressed into fresh earth,
Fed, watered, and watched
For blossoming.
Your child is not broken,
Rather s/he is on a journey beyond
“fixed.”
What s/he will learn has already been chosen,
Your growth is open for negotiation.
How will you be blessed?
With acceptance,
Compassion,
Or the full knowledge of your own existence?
Just Teach
Stop chasing
the test,
Just teach.
Just ask for
your inner wisdom
For the
lesson hanging like ripened fruit and
Ready to
drop.
Just know
when
Your
students are ready to harvest their own imagination,
To make
castles of numbers and paint,
Or spend the
whole day outdoors
Learning the
joy of autumn
As grass and
wind and light.
You have
been chosen as teacher.
You have the
wisdom to teach.
Just teach.
How to teach without stress
Is teaching a hard job? Does it require effort, long hours, struggles to balance the needs of the classroom with those of personal life? It has been so, but the planet is shifting, and the choice is ours.
I believe that life can be grace, and ease, and flow: effortless manifestation. This energy is strong within me when I am at home, when I meditate or walk the woods, or settle in my studio to write.
Effortlessness at work, however, feels like more of a challenge. What does flow look like from the office of a reading specialist? How can a classroom teacher balance lightly between herself and those she has agreed to teach? Continue reading
Coping With the Weight of Our Stuff
I recently changed teaching jobs and moved to a new work location. The suite of rooms I inherited along with the new job description was jam-packed with stuff. Books lined carts and shelves, and filing cabinets held reams and reams of files and papers. Movable shelving was filled with assorted possessions. Every inch of built-in and portable storage was full to overflowing. In short, the rooms looked like that of a teacher. In my experience, teachers are second only to artists in the density of their belongings. Old materials, new curricula, found objects, and useful treasures fill the spaces in many classrooms.
But what are the energetic effects of all of those possessions?
They weigh us down. Continue reading
Reading is not
Curriculum, nor
Tests, nor yet
Some educrats idea of
Building future success.
Reading is not
A diorama, or
Book report, or even
Group discussions.
If it were,
How many of us would bother to read?
How many of us would
Travel
Escape
Learn
Practice
Fly
Into and through the books of our imaginations?
Why do you read?
And how is your students’ reading
Any different?
