Every story that I tell is part of my life story. And though I’ll probably not have as much impact as the people in history I teach my kids about, I do want to leave a mark on the world.
If I could just make one person happier a day, I feel like I’m making the world a better place (as minimal as that might be). A wise monk once said:
When I was a young man, I wanted to change the world
I found it was difficult to change the world, so I tried to change my nation.
When I found I couldn’t change the nation, I began to focus on my town. I couldn’t change the town and as an older man, I tried to change my family.
Now, as an old man, I realize the only thing I can change is myself, and suddenly I realize that if long ago I had changed myself, I could have made an impact on my family.
My family and I could have made an impact on our town.
Their impact could have changed the nation and I could indeed have changed the world.
After teaching today, was English Language Arts tutoring. I imagine I’ll be tutoring an individual 6th grader the rest of the week for Supplementary Home Services. Next week is the start of soccer tryouts, so some students have already come in to either suck up or brag about their skill. One student was so boastful I made him kick my lunchbag in a show of demonstration of his talents. It ended up hitting the light which blew a ton of dust on the desks, which I thought was hilarious. Hopefully I can coach a successful season – I need to figure out how exactly I want to do tryouts though.
Coming home to an empty apartment, I made my typical carb-filled dinner, one of the only things I can cook – spaghetti! In the end my story is incomplete and hopefully my coaching adventures can make for some more interesting ones.
I could tell you of a man not so tall
Who said life’s a circus and so we are small
Tell you of a girl that I saw
I froze in the moment and she changed it allAnd I’m drying out
Crying out
This isn’t how I go
Hurry now
Lay me down
And let these waters flow
Flow…Son I am not everything you thought that I would be
But every story I have told is part of me
