Sunrise

Did anyone see the sky this morning? It was absolutely breathtaking!!  I was zooming back up the driveway after driving Alex down to the end, as I often do in the winter months,  when it stopped me dead in my tracks.  I stopped the car, grabbed the camera and ran into the back yard to snap some photos.  What a wonderful way to start my day!!  And what a day it turned out to be....

Change makes most people uncomfortable....we like to be where we are familiar...and uncharted territory makes us nervous.  At work lately, it seems that there has been nothing but change...as we grow and change and try to meet regulations...change seems to be the rule, not the exeption.  Today there was almost a ridiculous amount of change...some staff changes,which are changes from yesterday, possible student changes, possible classroom changes.....at one point, I seriously considered looking around for a hidden camera....it was so ridiculous...the things that were happening that I was fairly certain I was on Candid Camera or something,  In days gone by,  these changes would have stressed me out.  After the events of the last few years, I am much more able to roll with whatever comes my way.

I am trying to look at each day not as something to be endured, but as an opportunity.  At some point between crawling out from under the covers...and trying to get myself out the door, I tell myself that my heart is in the right place and my faith is in the right place....and I can handle whatever comes my way.  I don't always know what opportunities will present themselves...but I  believe that it is a new day....and I try to do the best I can with it.  There will be good moments and not-so-good moments...and I will take them as they come, and do the best I can.  Who knows what tomorrow will bring?  Whatever it is ...I will do my best with what's given me....and if it's change...I will take a deep breath and move forward...and maybe take a quick glance over my shoulder....but then...ever onward....

"There was never a night or a problem that could defeat sunrise or hope"

~ B. Williams