For every season there's a reason
Sounds a little cliché at first glance, but an amazingly affirmative from where I'm standing.
You see, frankly, for the past three years I've merely been "surviving", having to constantly push myself each day of every year to boldly put up the front of a 'successful', enthusiastic professional ready to take on every challenge in improving the educational outcomes of the institutions that I serve. Some challenges, I'm pleased to say, were resolved, but some sadly still hang over my head like a dark cloud, hauntingly, feeding on the energy created by crippling, fear provoking social contexts that compares with the many horror movies created as fictitious tales to entertain.
The encounters I've had left me at a loss for words at times, at best I walked into some situations with barely my faith in a Divine God with a sweet promise of never forsaking us, for there was no manual, no guideline document, no precidence in possible appropriate practice. For the most part it had much to do with creating the appropriate response and accompanying action in the moment. Yep, building the bridge over the troubled water with each progressing step towards the opposite side. To be continued ...
