YES!!

It's 7:10 am, and I have already gotten ready for work, made lunches, cleaned up the messiest kitchen in the world, and taken out the garbage. I guess that's what happens when you get up at 5:45 am... Who would have thought...? :)
I have been in a particularly reflective mood lately, thinking a lot about change. How it can seem so scary, yet so exhilarating at the same time. How it can seem so unreachable at times, but also closer than we imagined? I believe that we have a duty as human beings to live our lives to the fullest, and to be the best we can every day, and in all situations. Sometimes that means doing things that can be unpleasant for the moment, (like ripping off a bandaid) but great in the end.
This week at work, some people from the board office will be walking through my classroom, as well as all the others in the building. As a school, we are all wondering and hoping that we are doing what this group wants to see, and we are doing everything we can to strive for excellency to "make the grade".

I wonder to myself, "Why is it, that we as professionals, or people of the community can do so much in our job settings or our roles in the community, but cut corners on the "work" we do on ourselves?" I myself have been working hard to prepare for this visit at school, (and stressing out as well) tiring myself out and stretching myself too thin in the process.

So, some personal questions were posed for me earlier this week, asking me to take a leap of faith, to honour myself, and to allow myself to see I deserve all the happiness and joy this life has to offer. If I say no to this possibility, then I am cutting off my oxygen supply, slowly killing my soul, faith, life, light....

However, anyone who knows me, knows I won't go for that! :)

On to the next chapter!