Dreaming

What kind of dreams do you have? What do you dream about? I love to dream. Sometimes I find myself dreaming in the middle of the day, most often in times when I should be paying attention to what is going on around me. (Ex. in class) I feel like writing this to express a feeling.
I don’t have huge aspirations about where I will be in years to come, but I always see myself as successful. I don’t want to be a movie star or a rock star, I don’t want to be the one person to find the cure for cancer, and I don’t want to be the one in the spotlight, but I have always dream about being the best influence to others I can be. I was raised to be a leader, not a follower. I like being in the background, kind of like the man behind the curtain directing. Being in the spotlight sometimes makes me nervous.
Getting back to dreams though, brings me to a certain emotion that I feel when I start to dream. I am always thinking of how I can further any success I may have. I have already had some successes. I had a career for 12 years that I did not enjoy and succeeded in getting myself away from it to pursue a new dream, a dream to be an educator, although I feel that everyone around me is an educator. I like to take something from everyone I come into contact with. Everyone on this earth has a different perspective, experience, and thought or feeling about a particular circumstance. I like looking at this journey of life with open eyes.
I like saying that the possibilities are as endless as the clouds in the sky. In a way dreams are like that too. If you stop dreaming, what is there to look forward to later on? Are you content with what you have, what you have done, your direction in life, etc? A person very dear to me told me a story one time. She is a math teacher and cares much about her students. It went like this:

She says a former student had written her a letter to thank her. The letter stated that the person wanted to thank her for teaching him typing. Keep in mind she is a math teacher. It went onto say how thankful he was that she cared enough to stay after school to teach a handful of students how to type. He acknowledges in the letter her commitment and dedication to helping her students in any way she could have. He stated that he knew that she was doing it on her own time and he was very appreciative of that. To make a long story short, she had this student 27 years ago and they have not spoken since she taught him how to type. She went onto describe how it made her feel that this person was thanking her now, 27 years later.

Gosh, if I could make an impact like that on a student or even someone else, I would not be able to describe how that would feel. I dream about helping students be the best that they can be. I strongly feel that everyone has potential. Some of them just need someone to highlight in them what they can excel in. It is so rewarding when a student says “oh yeah now I get it.” It means that I made some kind of impact on their thoughts, small or large.

More to come...