A 4th of July Lesson

I had a lot of free time on my hands today and it opened my eyes to something I might not have seen otherwise. To make the long story short, I have been working with kids for about a month and everyday has been full of good and bad surprises. Today, after having so much time for myself, I have realized that the tears, laughter, smiles, hugs, noise, and more I daily experience for 6 hours plus are great learning moments for the children and I as we learn to be better people. And, whoever said patience is a virtue...was more than right. Peace!

Gratitude is the attitude!

Every day many things happen to many of us...some are good and some are bad. We all sometimes choose to blame such circumstances for making us into what we are. What if we changed our attitude about such negative moments? Well guess what...if we put gratitude into the equation then we could then consider such times as learning experiences that make us wiser and stronger.