We All Need Inspiration!
Wed, Jun 23rd 2010
When you’re tired and flat, and the term seems to have gone on for too long – we all need a bit of sparkle to lift us back up. Wise thoughts from people I admire often do it for me! I have favourites which, anyone who has been on my courses will hopefully remember. So many of us are always worrying about what has gone wrong or how we can fit more into the next few days, that we fail to live in the moment and we miss so much as a result. This little rhyme always steadies me at this time:
"The past is history, the future a mystery, but now, now is a gift, that's why we call it the present" (Babatunde Olatunji)
My whole philosophy of ‘Golden Moments’ has evolved from being given the above thought when I was a new teacher! Another one that props me up is:
“Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow. It empties today of its strength. (Corrie Ten Boom)
These thoughts are nuggets of gold, that make you want to sit down and let their glow just warm your tense body and tight shoulders. I swear too that physical tension and ability to fit too much into a day means that we fail to see the humour shinning out from children. Years ago I found myself standing in a classroom doorway yelling at a large boy running around the tops of the tables – with the rest of the class egging him on. “What on earth do you think you are doing”, I shouted. He stopped, looked me straight in the eye and said “I am running wild with desire”. I couldn’t help thinking that I hadn’t run wild with desire for years – and I burst out laughing. I shared the moment with my staff and it became a phrase we all used to describe a good night out. What’s the point of being with children if you don’t engage in story telling about your experiences? On Friday last week I met a little school who have gone one better – they have a golden book where everyone writes down funny stories. Children are funny, outrageous, quirky and just plain odd – and they cheer you up.
So come on everyone, it is near the end of term, it would be great if you could write to me with all the sayings and thoughts that keep you going. I am collecting loads together in a pack we are calling ‘Golden Inspirations’, which can be put straight onto staff notice boards. So please reference them, and put your name on and be prepared that they might be chosen to go into the pack – as well as onto the blog!!
“There is no learning without laughter” Aristotle
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