Saturday, March 27, 2010

How many teachers?

I have come to the conclusion that we are surrounded by teachers all day long. On Monday the Southwest gate agent taught me about being calm in the face of a storm; a fellow passenger taught me about courage and cancer. Today the wind is teaching me patience and every day my husband reminds me to take in the sights and sounds of nature, right outside my window.

There are annoying little moths flying around my office right now. My inclination is to swat them and be done with it but, really, they are my teachers too. Hmmm...what is it they have come to teach me? Maybe if I say "welcome teachers," I can shift perspective. In actuality, they haven't come to take my peace of mind; they have come to give me exactly what I need in this moment.

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