Day 20
What is one life lesson you are grateful to have learned?
One life lesson I am grateful to have learned is that balance is important. To be honest, I'm still learning this lesson. During the school year, especially, I tend to get caught up with teaching and grading and lessons--all completely normal--but then I forget that "all work and no play makes [Amy] a dull [girl]." I fall out of touch with friends, become too busy to hang out with family, and spend way too much time staring at a computer screen instead of sunsets.
Robert Fulgham wrote a great essay about life lessons. In his essay he tells about how he learned that we need balance in our lives: "Live a balanced life. Learn some and think some
and draw and paint and sing and dance and play and work every day some." Ostensibly, I learned that, too, but I need to be reminded of it every once in awhile. So I am grateful to be reminded of this life lesson as we move toward Thanksgiving. I am going to enjoy taking some time off to celebrate with family, and that will definitely add some much-needed balance to my work-filled life.
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