Learn something.

One of the things I have been trying to do is ask myself everyday, "What did I learn today?"

Today was my first day back in the classroom with kids in a little under a month. In that little under a month I travelled to the Dominican Republic on mission, spent Christmas with my family and rang in the near year in downtown Dallas with about 60,000 other people. I was glad to return to my position of Art Teacher. 

With the return came the return of stressing to make sure I'm doing all that I need to do to ensure I am giving my all to my school and students. 

So what did I learn today? To do my best. No matter how tired, ill-equipped or overwhelmed I feel. Always give my best. Some days will be better than others and that's something I just have to accept and move on from. 

This semester I am trying to do better than I did in the last. But shouldn't we always try to do better than we did before? Or at least grow? So that's my prayer, that I use my good and bad days and learn from them both and grow. 

I had the opportunity to speak some hard truth into a student's life today. Some truth that was spoken to me not so long ago. That truth being that if you want to be a leader, it's going to be hard. Eyes will be on you. It's not a position that you can or should lightly take upon yourself. If you're not willing to live for those people before you live for yourself, then don't lead them. Simply step back and join them and learn what you need to learn alongside them. Let someone lead you both. 

After this, I joined some friends of mine and enjoyed some homemade breakfast tacos and fresh fruit. I love my friends and am reminded of that daily. We ate said meal while watching a movie about some small men with big feet caring for some jewelry. We decided we needed cheesecake to top off the evening. When we saw the price of the cheesecake it took some time and wishing the price down to finally admit defeat and pay the $10.99 asking price. When the cashier rang it up, it was only $6.99. Of course we took credit for willing the price down. #winning. It's the small things in life after all right? 

So I urge you, strive to learn something everyday. Good or bad, learn from it.

So goodnight, good morning or good afternoon to you, depending on when this blog finds you reading it. 

[CG]

P.S. It was still really cold this morning.