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Why Bother Noticing Our Mistakes?

Why Bother Noticing Our Mistakes? My students notice my mistakes. When I misspell a student’s name, when I forget to change the date on the white board in front of the classroom, or when I write the wrong denominator in a math equation, they are quick to point out my blunder and quick to correct…
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Gratitude

Why Bother To Notice Bird Song?

Why Bother To Notice Bird Song? Although there is still a patch of snow on the north side of my house, frost on my deck first thing in the morning, and trees still bare of buds, there are other signals that shout out, spring! Daylight hours are longer, the sunshine is warmer and bird song…
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Health

Why Bother Noticing Your Foundation?

Why Bother Noticing Your Foundation? Over the course of  the years that my husband has been in the business of building houses, I have visited his various job sites in their different stages of progress. I think the messiest stage of building a house is its foundation, but it is the most necessary part of…
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Listening

Why Bother To Temper Your Desire?

  Why Bother To Temper Your Desires? My teacher’s heart longs for my students to succeed while under my tutelage. Therefore, my instruction and delivery of the curriculum I am responsible for teaching is full of gusto, fervency and sometimes a little too much intensity.                     …
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