Live(s) Inspiring Today
“A bird doesn’t sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.” Maya Angelou Last year my friend Stacey Hill told me she’d begun a ritual of gathering herself up three words to guide her for the year. She challenged me to do the same, and I did. But, by …
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“To like many people spontaneously and without effort is perhaps the greatest source of all personal happiness.” Bertrand Russell (favorite reminder-words of the year!) It’s been a world of L.I.T. in 2014–Lives Inspiring Today. Thanks to each of you who have traveled along. It’s been a pleasure to notice and note so many people …
“I like a teacher who gives you something to take home to think about besides homework.” ~Lily Tomlin as “Edith Ann” Back in Massachusetts for a winter-visit, my teacher-friends wake up early, lesson plans ready. Julie Bucceri meets her first group of 6th graders before 8 o’clock, and Stacey Hill leaves home by 6:45. …