transitions, autumn, etc.
Good morning, LJ world! haha, I got up early this morning to take Jessica to her dance class, just to find that her dance class was cancelled. So instead of doing something productive, like writing my syllabi for the upcoming schoolyear, I thought I'd take a brief moment to be reflective (oh man!)
So, the summer is coming to a close....Sarah is going back to school tomorrow, Rachel to follow close after, and my second year of teaching will begin as well. Change is in the air on some other fronts as well, and while I usually hate change and avoid it as much as possible, I'm feeling a little more serene about things this time around. Life is an adventure, and I can never predict what each new year will bring. So while it sometimes means loss of certain things or certain people, there are also new things that I never could have anticipated....and then those things change and go away and it all starts over again. I suppose that's the neat thing about life, even though I still don't understand people who seem to thrive on change and transition, the ones who seem to just forget the people that have become close to them and move on like no one else matters. I hate feeling left behind. I also hate feeling like I had something and then lost it for no apparent reason. I hate feeling like every year I trust people less and less because I seem to always be let down, left behind, forgotten, or stepped on. But that is looking at the negative side. I really just need to accept that that's life; there's an ebb and a flow to it, ups and downs, and that with every turn of the tide there are joys as well as disappointments, and that experiencing the latter doesn't necessarily take away from the former, just as long as I remember to experience the joys as well, and embrace it all, just cause, hey, that's life.
OK, that's the end of my philosophical...ness. I really do much better at *doing* stuff rather than thinking too much....therefore, lesson plans here I come! adiós~
So, the summer is coming to a close....Sarah is going back to school tomorrow, Rachel to follow close after, and my second year of teaching will begin as well. Change is in the air on some other fronts as well, and while I usually hate change and avoid it as much as possible, I'm feeling a little more serene about things this time around. Life is an adventure, and I can never predict what each new year will bring. So while it sometimes means loss of certain things or certain people, there are also new things that I never could have anticipated....and then those things change and go away and it all starts over again. I suppose that's the neat thing about life, even though I still don't understand people who seem to thrive on change and transition, the ones who seem to just forget the people that have become close to them and move on like no one else matters. I hate feeling left behind. I also hate feeling like I had something and then lost it for no apparent reason. I hate feeling like every year I trust people less and less because I seem to always be let down, left behind, forgotten, or stepped on. But that is looking at the negative side. I really just need to accept that that's life; there's an ebb and a flow to it, ups and downs, and that with every turn of the tide there are joys as well as disappointments, and that experiencing the latter doesn't necessarily take away from the former, just as long as I remember to experience the joys as well, and embrace it all, just cause, hey, that's life.
OK, that's the end of my philosophical...ness. I really do much better at *doing* stuff rather than thinking too much....therefore, lesson plans here I come! adiós~