New Beginnings (again …)
The spring semester has begun. Yesterday I met my classes for the first time. On that first day, the students and the faculty are full of optimism. This will be the semester that … and here is where we can fill in the blank with things about organization, preparation, planning, doing all the reading, doing all the assignments, and more.
I have one class that meets on Mondays only. We met yesterday. Now I won’t see the students until the 28th (since the 21st will be a university holiday). It will be interesting to see how well we’re all doing with our new semester resolutions two weeks later.
Yes, I experienced awful things as a child; some of you may have experienced similar things. Others may have had a storybook childhood … still others navigated a different set of challenges.
The good news is this: no matter what, we get many, many chances to begin again.
My prayer for each of us today is that we can look ahead in happy anticipation and have the courage to begin again if that’s what we need to do.
Blessings, SCW
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