Yesterday morning I saw that many trees in our neighbourhood are already blossoming. It’s January and the trees are covered in white and pink flowers. Seeing this pretty sight awakened worries about global warming. On a deeper level a beautiful thought came to my mind.
In Judaism there is a famous saying: “Ha’adam ets hasadeh”: man is like the tree in the field. There have been many explanations as to why man is compaired to a tree. When I saw the blossoming trees, I suddenly realised that these trees can blossom in the most unexpected ways, as long as they are provided with sufficient warmth. Isn’t it our task as teachers to offer this warmth and inspiration to our students, and make them blossom? If a tree can blossom in January, then even the most difficult student can be reached.
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My hope is that our offers of “warmth and inspiration” take root in their hearts and minds. That’s also what I want my own child to experience in school.
Beautiful thoughts…
What a beautiful post. Thank you for this.
I too long to inspire…if I can reach just one each quarter, then it’s all worth it. Wonderful post dahling.
This is a beautiful metaphor…
Why not?
Your students don’t know how lucky they are.
RCT, TnT, Mrs Chili~ Thanks! I guess that’s what all of us teachers want, but being able to be inspired 24/7 during all the school stress, is not always easy.
Mw teacher~ Glad to see you’re back! You must keep us posted on how you’re doing!
Thursday~ Thanks! It’s funny how these things come to you at unexpected moments
Hugh~ I guess students don’t really think about being inspired. Most of them just want to have a good time…
such a beautiful thought! i hope that I am providing adequate sunlight for them to grow into beautiful people. Thanks for reminding me of this. What an inspiration you are!
We inspire them with the smallest thing we do for them. I am sure are happy to have teachers like all of you.
Keep up the good work!!