A Proud Teacher Moment

This month I have had the pleasure of "tutoring" two GSM students in the World Of Warcraft game. It's been fun to get to know each of them as we chat on Skype, and I still marvel at how it is so "normal" to make connections and talk with people I have never actually met in person, in this way! It has been a wonderful learning experience for me of when to get in there and protect, and when to hang back and heal/resurrect! I did a lot of thinking on how I can make this the most appealing experience for them! One evening while we were playing, one of the women "took the lead", and THAT absolutely thrilled me! It was a very proud teacher moment! EMDT has helped me see that "teaching" is not always limited to school or my studio, and "students" are not always kids!
Sharing my passion for WoW or sharing my passion for music...I am a teacher at heart!

Quest for a Calm Spirit

There have been lots of instances of anxiety for me lately...my daughter's health issues, summer slipping away, daunting final projects for EMDT, getting ready for the new school year, rollercoaster emotions...
Of course I handle things better when calm, and I find that state best when in the quiet beauty of nature. There, it is easy to focus on my Creator, and remember WHOSE I am, and that HE is in control!

Paradigm Shift

This has been a difficult day with a lot of tears…but then, it is really on these kinds of days that significant growth can take place. As I am attempting to make a paradigm shift between being an achiever and being a contributor, two friends contributed by making me take a hard look at myself. They did not “sugar coat” or tell me what they thought I would like to hear, hence the tears, but perhaps showed greater care for me by being honest.

How will I be a contribution today? “Unlike success and failure, contribution has no other side” (Zander, 2000, p.57).

Source: Zander, B. & Zander, R. (2000). The art of possibility.Boston, MA:Harvard Business School Press