There was much information. A lot of it, I had never head before! This has set my thoughts in motion as I know for the next few days I will be sifting through it all, allowing it to ruminate and bear some seed. A conference can be both rejuvenating and overwhelming, it can be confirming and distressing all at the same time! I have been to enough conferences now, that I am familiar with these feelings. As I drove home I could feel the angst rising, as a flurry of information makes its way back in forth in my thoughts. Then I remember back to my holiday, sitting on the beach, gazing out at the lake, and the bargain I made with myself returns to me (Surrendering to the Year Ahead). I remember to take deep breaths, to reside in the calm that soothes my soul. I am the master of these feelings, I can choose to embrace where I am as well as the promise new ideas have to offer.
So my thoughts arrive at the conclusion - I will prayerfully consider what to do from here. Will I alter something a little? Fine tune it? Add one (and I mean ONLY one) new idea this year? And what about next year? Perhaps try something a little different for one child? These are the questions before me but here is the thing: I am at peace with the questions. I have chosen to be. :) And I look forward with great anticipation with how we will continue to weave together a true and earnest love of lifetime learning - for all of us.
So tonight, I sit and listen to jazz mingled with the sounds of my children having fun.
So tonight, I sit and listen to jazz mingled with the sounds of my children having fun.
