Oh Man

Oh man. Stress. Stress. Work is very stressful. I want to reach into the lives of my students and shake the stress out of them. I can't. I know that. No matter how hard I try I don't have the POWER to do that.

On the other hand, these are things that, technically, I CAN do. Right now they feel like wishes but I'll go with that for now.

I want to find it easier to remember that things I tell them and show them will need to be repeated over and over, by myself and others, before they sink in.

I want to remember that, for most of them, they WILL eventually sink in.

I want to remember that, like an ambulance driver, I am not the one who hurt these people but I am here to do no harm and to be part of the team that will patch up my customers so they have a better chance of making it in life.

I want to remember that sometimes things will not work out for them and that's sad but ok.

And finally, I want to remember that, as much as I love my students, a bad day in my field is never going to cause a plane to crash or a patient to die.

To quote James Taylor, "At night the stars put on a show for free." Don't call me tonight because I have reserve tickets for the best show not on earth.