Goodness

Over the past few weeks I've been stumped for writing. I've been knackered, as the English say. There was nothing to put on the blog. There were no ideas to put in the journal.  Happily for me, though, I've discovered the problem.

There was nothing to write because I was ignoring one of the biggest things in my life, namely, teaching. I quite enjoy teaching, and now that I've started writing about it writing comes easier.  Now, I'm writing about the things I'm thinking about, and not trying to write something great and profound about something I'm not thinking about. The problem was quite simple, really.

Now I'm writing in my journal again, but about ways to teach and ways to discipline, ways to run a conversation class and ways to get children to shut the h...be quiet (phew). It's actually quite fun, and it helps me to think of how I can serve my boss as though I were serving Christ.  To write about it helps me to put my whole heart and mind into it. I have often told us that we had to serve Mrs. Kwak as though we were serving Jesus in heavy sky-blue eye makeup and tinted glasses, but had disregarded it. Now I'm doing something that feels right. We'll see how it goes. I tend to begin with a bang and end with a whimper.

Not that my writing or thinking will be limited to teaching, but it's a good place to start, and to ignore in thought the greater part of my life is stultifying and foolish.

To all my dear friends,

I hope to talk with you later.

P.S.

I've recently read a great idiom for drunkenness, from the good folks at Credenda magazine.   www.credenda.org
"He's over in the corner, running for Congress."