The 17th-century English clergyman and historian Thomas Fuller once said He that plants trees loves others besides himself. I'm no garden enthusiast nor do I believe I have green fingers. Nor can it be said I always love others besides myself. But I would like to believe my wife and I are spreading some love … Continue reading Self Care — With Indoor Plants And A Slow Juicer
Famous author and Oxford University Professor CS Lewis once remarked: Friendship is born at the moment when one person says to another, ‘What! You too? I thought I was the only one.' I'm guessing, though I'm sure it's not a stretch, that he must also have had community in mind when he said that. I … Continue reading Sharing The Power Of Community Building & Beholding
Recently, I wrote about leaving the teaching profession within the next five to seven years. Little did I expect that an email I received three days ago would make me rethink this timeline. It seems I was five to seven years off the mark. I should in fact leave the profession a whole lot sooner! … Continue reading Musings On Teaching Challenges #2: Fast-Tracking My Post-Teaching Future
To my dear sons Today, I want to share with you some thoughts I have about a recent horrific tragedy -- the murder of a man named Charlie Kirk. This happened when Mr Kirk was holding an open-tent discussion forum in front of his family and thousands of students in the Utah Valley University ten … Continue reading Sons, Speak Up And Be Brave! This World Needs You To
Without warning, my life was thrown into a tailspin at the start of last month when my wife fell gravely ill. Having pushed through like some caregiving automaton for some five weeks now (and counting), I'm starting to feel the burnout and to realise I need to exercise self-care now if I'm to go the … Continue reading Caregivers Like Me Need These 5 Reminders for Self-Care
If ever there was a good reason not to write, it would be pain. Like the one I am feeling of late. The kind of pain that may never ever fade. How does one continue to write when there is such a pain? A pain that's now a permanent fixture in my life? Like an … Continue reading Writing Through The Pain Of A Diagnosis
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Lately I've been struggling with this question of over-the-hill educators. Most probably because I'm now approaching that moment in my over two decades of teaching when I'll be dishonest if I say I don't feel, well, over-the-hill. [Incidentally, in this day and age when a mere five years of service gets you a long service … Continue reading Musings On Teaching Challenges #1: Time For Over-the-Hill Educators Like Me To Bow Out
