I am so lucky to have a friend at work who shares her books with me! :) I finished up One More Day, and I started another Mitch Albom book yesterday, "The Five People You Meet In Heaven."
Wow. I'm not sure what it is about these books, but I am in. love. "One More Day" was a little more sad than the others, but it was still a great book full of real-life applications. It really made me stop and think about what I do with my daily gift of 24 hours, and whether or not what I'm doing is a.) worthwhile and b.) making me a better person.
Several parts of this book made me think about different circumstances that people are facing that we may be completely unaware of, and I specifically began thinking about my role as a teacher with my students. I need to always remember that each child will be entering my classroom with a different story, and some of those stories are not going to be pretty.
One of the quotes that reminds me of students says this: "...there's a story behind everything. How a picture got on a wall. How a scar got on your face. Sometimes the stories are simple, and sometimes they are hard and heartbreaking."
I pray that I will always remember this as I continue my days as a teacher. Kindness and gentleness should always be present with these little, impressionable lives.
~Sarah
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