“Kind words can be short and easy to speak,
but their echoes are truly endless.” Mother Teresa
Websters dictionary defines encourage as " to inspire with courage, spirit, or hope"
Friday while completing a writing assignment with the 20 little scholars that sit in my classroom, I received encouragement... It came from such an unlikely source, from the little one that most needs the encouragement. He sometimes is hard to understand because of his speech deficit and he is academically not where I wish he was. So I push and push and push some more... wanting him to make giant academic gains, wanting him to quit playing with his pencils and singing while I am trying to get him to understand the importance of reading... Sigh.
It is my job to get him where he needs to be before the end of the year, so I push. Sometimes to the point of his frustration and mine.
It is my job to get him where he needs to be before the end of the year, so I push. Sometimes to the point of his frustration and mine.
On this day the twenty little scholars had completed their task and I was helping them glue their writing products onto their brightly colored construction paper frames... the clock was ticking, the day was ending, and we needed to complete this task.
As I went from desk to desk, gluing and giving directions... I got to his desk, the one who needs someone to give him some courage and hope, and he looked up at me, smiled, and whispered...
As I went from desk to desk, gluing and giving directions... I got to his desk, the one who needs someone to give him some courage and hope, and he looked up at me, smiled, and whispered...
" Ms. Cwement, you ora a goo goower"
I asked him to repeat it twice, unsure of what he had said... then on the second time of hearing " Ms. Cwement, you ora a goo goower" I completely understood him. (Ms. Clement, you are a good gluer)
"Thank you, I have been gluing for a long time" was my reply...
"Thank you, I have been gluing for a long time" was my reply...
I left school Friday afternoon and " Ms. Cwement, you ora goo goower" continued to replay in my mind. Sweet little words.
He who needs encouragement (to be given courage and hope) from his teacher , was encouraging her... I think I will add some words of courage and hope with the push that I have been giving.
He who needs encouragement (to be given courage and hope) from his teacher , was encouraging her... I think I will add some words of courage and hope with the push that I have been giving.
I am the teacher. I am the one who is supposed to give the new knowledge... , but each passing week these sweet little ones teach me more about life, patience, laughter, and what is important..
On this day the lesson was about encouragement and the sweet little boy who taught the lesson is the one who so needs to be inspired with hope and courage. Father, help my words give him courage and hope.
The lesson has made me want to speak more words of courage and hope to the people my Heavenly Father puts in my path... Simple words...that have "endless echoes."
On this day the lesson was about encouragement and the sweet little boy who taught the lesson is the one who so needs to be inspired with hope and courage. Father, help my words give him courage and hope.
The lesson has made me want to speak more words of courage and hope to the people my Heavenly Father puts in my path... Simple words...that have "endless echoes."
So I am going to make a conscious effort to look for the people that come in my path... I never know when someone might need to hear "you ora a goo goower"
