Monday Mush

Hopefully this isn’t your version of 100%!   I know after working with all of you that it isn’t, but sometimes when we feel like the deck is stacked against us, we can feel like it.

I have worked at schools and know it is a common mantra that we give 100% for 100%.  It may be cliché to a degree, but it is so true.  When we are tired, we give 100%....When we are sad, we give 100%....When we feel frustrated, we give 100%.

We do that because we care 100%.  We care about 100% of our kids 100% of the time.  That is why you do what you do and run the uphill course that you run each year.

This week, I had an encounter with someone that didn’t understand why teachers choose their profession because it doesn’t pay enough….well after the blood pressure went down, I pointed out that they choose a mission, not money…they choose a profession, not a paycheck….they choose to change, not to collect.  (Yes, I did I came up with that alliteration all on my own too!)

You make a difference…it may seem slow and sometimes like the progress is backwards, but I see it.  I see the reading levels improving, I see the math problem solving becoming easier, and I see students excited to learn like they never have in the past.

This week wake up every day and choose to look yourself in the mirror and give 100%.  I have heard of athletes that write on their mirrors “100%” with their fingers, so that when it steams up, that is all they can see.  That is a great metaphor for life…life gets cloudy and steamy, but we can focus on giving 100%.

Thank you for all you do…I am looking forward to a great week!

Happy Monday!