Questions and Answers

Questions:

What should I write today?

What does success look like to me?

Why are does everything move so fast?

Why does life seem endlessly busy with all of our modern conveniences?

How do we fix this?

What book is your favorite?

How are there people who don't read?

Why are we sad and stressed and overwhelmed?

How do I stay healthy when everything is dangerous?

What information do I trust?

How do I make things better?

What do I do now?

Questions & Answers:

What should I write today? This.

What does success look like to me? A life filled with JOY and LOVE.

Why are does everything move so fast? Breathe and take it all in.

How is life busier with all of our modern conveniences? More to manage, more to do.

How do we fix this?  Be mindful.

What book are you reading now? The Sun is Also a Star.

How are there people who don't read? This I will never understand.

Why are we sad and stressed and overwhelmed? Everyone has a story.

How do I stay healthy when everything is dangerous? Everything in moderation.

What information do I trust? That which serves the betterment of all.

How do I make things better? Show up.

What do I do now? Begin.

Answers:

This.

A life filled with JOY and LOVE.

Breathe and take it all in.

More to manage, more to do.

Be mindful.

The Sun is Also a Star.

This I will never understand.

Everyone has a story.

Everything in moderation.

That which serves the betterment of all.

Show up.

Begin.

I couldn't figure out what to write today. Lately, it feels like I have all of these questions swirling around in my head, so I just started to write them down. This is what happened...kind of cool! I didn't want to write this morning, but I didn't want to miss sharing a slice MORE. Showing up and developing a writing ritual created this piece of writing.

Thank you to the Two Writing Teachers for this amazing platform to write and share writing! What a wonderful community you've created! I'm honored to be part of it.

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Swirling Questions

Thank you to Stacey, Betsy, Dana, Tara, Beth, Anna, Kathleen & Deb for this amazing platform to write and share writing! What a wonderful community you've created! I'm honored to be part of it. Join us at Two Writing Teachers.

Zora Neale Hurston's words are floating around in my head, "There are years that ask questions and years that answer." I notice that I am filled with questions and I wonder if this year will provide any answers. Am I where I'm supposed to be? What is a good teacher? Am I a good teacher?

Am I meeting the needs of my students? How can I better meet their needs? How am I at working on a team? Am I stubborn and close-minded? Am I helpful to others? Do I challenge my students?

What do my students think? What am I supposed to do? What does success look like? Who defines that?

What's important? Am I good enough? How can I be better? 

When my students walk out of my classroom, what do I want them to know, feel, be? How do I meaningfully teach all I need to teach? How do I engage them? Are they engaged? How can I make it better? Where do I begin? 

School has changed so much that I wonder about so many of these questions. It's easy to become overwhelmed by all of this, but I must confess...the act of writing down these questions has helped me. Maybe the answers lie in the questions. Taking time to reflect and really think about the questions...that's my strategy. What are your questions?