I love hiking, mornings, sunsets and sunrises, and new beginnings. This picture gives me a warm and happy feeling.
I shared with my partner that it was taken on 1.1.18 as my family and I descended Makapu'u after welcoming the sun on the first day of the new year. I love this picture because my family (with the exception of my oldest who is studying in France) was together in the same space. Each of them doing their own thing but collectively enjoying the moment together.
Jimmy then asked us to apply the picture to our work life, since our picture was most likely not something work related. Hum, what an interesting idea.
So here it goes. I am an outdoorsy person. I love fresh air, sunshine, water, and nature. I love connectedness, my family, peace, and new beginnings. Connecting this to school I need to continue to encourage many different ways for students to explore, discover, create, and share. I believe we are on the right path with our social emotional learning curriculum and creating peace within ourselves and between each other is ecstatically liberating. New beginnings remind us to wipe away the yucky junk and start again. Lastly, I never started a blog because I didn't know what I would write about. Isn't this like the pressure we place on our kids? Interesting. I think this "challenge" is something I will try to commit to. Not sure how often I'll write, but perhaps I'll pick a picture every once in a while and make a written personal / professional connection.
A'ohe pau ka 'ike i ka hālau ho'okahi, Not all knowledge is learned in one school.
P.S. I'm so glad I went to the conference. I was a bit reluctant because my principal encouraged me to go...on a Saturday. I got off of work at 12:30 am on Saturday morning and had to travel from Wahiawā to the Convention Center and be there by 7:30am. I prayed that it would be worth it. So glad I went.
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