Tag: food for thought

  • The Discipline of Presence

    I said this to a group of colleagues the other day. We were talking about the apparent apathy we see in students—and in many adults. “Failing to show up is giving the world your consent to move on without you.” Their response was thoughtful. They said the line had weight—but maybe it was too harsh.…

  • Mirror, Mirror on My Desk…

    We spend a lot of time looking outward. At expectations. At what other people are doing, saying, or thinking. We compare, we react, we adjust. Most of our day is shaped by everything happening around us. But we rarely stop and look inward. There aren’t many moments in the day where it’s just you and…

  • Meandering Toward Sense

    I got distracted and lost my chain of thought. Which is fitting. I was thinking about paradoxes… and somehow got derailed by one. I was about to create a list about things that are paradoxical, ironically ironic, awkwardly unawkward. And then I lost the list. Somewhere between “Port of Entry” and “Why do we drive…

  • Alone, But With Company

    You can be in a room full of people and feel like the only inhabitant of a private planet. Not lonely—oh no, that would require longing—but singular, spectacularly self-contained. Sometimes I wonder: is my body here, and my mind elsewhere? Or my mind here, and my body wandering off somewhere? I can’t remember; I always…

  • A Simple Reflection.

    I don’t often share personal matters or air out my issues on social media. It’s just never felt like the right space for that—and honestly, I find it inappropriate to do so publicly. I’ve always been someone who leans into introspection and quiet reflection. When I do choose to post, it’s usually because something has…

  • Language of Learning

    Here is a little thought for us all to ponder… We are ALL instructors of language – we MUST teach our students the LANGUAGE OF LEARNING, be it in Math, Science, History, English and even in P.E.  We MUST teach our kids to be effective communicators in any subject; their success, and ours depends on…