Luckily, it isn't a sign of unhappiness with what I'm doing. I'm in the midst of one of my favourite parts of my job. Welcoming new students to a new school and a new country makes me happy because I'm having a positive effect. Sure I recognize that, under certain circumstances, my life is inconsequential. The planet likely couldn't give a donkey's left nut that I'm doing my thing on its surface but I know that I mean something to the people around me. No big head here. I don't have to turn sideways to get through doorways but I know that I am a part of the lives of those I come into contact with. We all are. That can be a wholly fulfilling acknowledgement sometimes.
Maybe this is shedding a little light on the dark parts of my being... Maybe it's just some candles. Hmmm.
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Hmmmm indeed... Light and dark certainly make up our life. Continue on.....
Sometimes the smallest things are the most important. One small moment of kindness to someone might make a huge difference. I'm big on the pebble-in-pond theory of influence.
Too true. I hope that at points of reflection in my life (not just at the end), I'll be able to look back and feel like I have lived my life with that thought in mind.
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