"Rest is the unhurried state of mind and the unmoving stillness of the body." Duke
Well, it's been a long time since I last spent Saturday lazing around the house and, just basically, really chilling out. The horrendous weather really helps and I can't help but feel like jumping into bed and hiding beneath the fuzzy blanket.
I'm really looking forward to the week-long break, even though I probably do have to get back to school a few times in the next seven days. I don't mind seeing the students around, though. After all, without them, my job has no meaning and my professional existance is rendered redundant.
Ah, the students ... they may really upset and annoy me at times, but they are truly bundles of joy and unopened packages of promise. The greatest joy is to see them realise that vast potential and each time one moves a step forward, it is magical and makes the heartaches and headaches more than worth it.
Moving back to the holidays ... With age, the importance of rest becomes ever more obvious, although it has never been easy for me to be still and retreat into a state of rest. My mind is always racing and I always prefer activity to stillness but this is the perfect formula for burn-out and I don't want to go down that street anytime soon.
For all its worth, do enjoy the holidays! Try to have some fun and ... yes, rest too!
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thin red lines
About Me
- Le Roy
- On my tombstone, it should read, "He tried his best and he's going to be missed."
The Thin Red Line
It marks out everything we do. It defines what is good and, in so doing, what is evil as well. It is the finest of margins - between success and failure, happiness and sorrow, all the polarities of life. It reminds us that we must make good choices, the right choices, and emphasises the power of free will. Yet it is not drawn in the sand by chance - but by Hand.