Travelling teacher

The last two weeks of class have had me thinking. A lot. We have a bunch of different classes. We have our main session class, which all of the first year students attend, optional classes we sign up for, optional projects we sign up for, meetings with our RG, a group of about 70, and meetings with our small group (four of us) or core group (20 of us). Then we have homework, sometimes short answer questions, sometimes mini book reports, sometimes self assessments. It is crazy to me, and no coincidence, how even though I am the only person here with my distinct combination of classes and homework experiences, so often the message I'm getting, the 'thing' I'm working on, is consistently addressed throughout. Lately, it's been mindsets. One of the speakers we had last week said something that's stuck with me, "Any area of your life that isn't glistening with hope shows you're believing a lie." Wow. There are a lot of lies I have been believi...

What a year! According to my Google 2018 review I visited 12 countries and 41 cities, travelling the equivalent distance of 1.5 times around the world. Kinda crazy, all things in perspective. It's that time of the year when people reflect on things and with my first day of school for the year tomorrow, I guess a bit of that has rubbed off on me. Many of the best and worst moments of my life have happened in the last year. I have met some incredible people, had some of the greatest victories and the most impressive failures, the deepest feelings, significant moments, craziest adventures, challenging circumstances, I could go on.             So what have I learned from it all? There's a song from one of my favourite bands that says,  "Ashes from the flames  The truth is what remains The truth is what you save From the fire And you fight for what you love  Don't matter if it hurts  You find out what it's worth...