Oh, I am so happy to finally be on Spring Break. I am finally getting some time to reflect, relax, and catch up on a million and a half personal things that I just haven't gotten around to.
I've heard it said before (or maybe I've read it somewhere...who knows) that you really start to realize who a person is based on how they react through the hard parts of life, and, guys, I'm not impressed with who I was going through a lot of those things. Luckily, every day I can make the conscious decision to change that.
You see, all good teachers (or anyone doing any type of job) understand how to juggle. You got your JOB ball, PERSONAL ball, and your MENTAL HEALTH ball.(Sometimes you got more than that, but for now let's keep it simple.) Now, when you watch veterans, they all look like this:
You're first thought watching them is, "Heck yes, I can do that. That's not too hard." Then you you attempt it and it comes out more like:
But that's okay! Well, I'm starting to realize that's okay. We aren't all just born good at something. (I have a fourth grader who would argue this, but I digress.) Whatever we are passionate about, whatever we enjoy doing, we had to practice to get good at it. It's okay to start off bad, because then you have no where to go but up.
Unfortunately, you won't always be successful at whatever you're doing, or it just might take you longer to understand the basics of juggling compared to other people. I have to remind myself every day that this is okay. What matters is that I am better than I was yesterday.
It's weird to think that I'm starting wrap up my experience here. It feels like I just started a couple weeks ago. I am thankful for the opportunity of working here; thankful for the chance to practice my juggling.
I know that I will get better as time goes on.
Until next time,
Kaity
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