An Old Student’s Gift
Last night my bed rang at 8 pm. I was surprised to see an old student on my doorstep. He’s in college and he stopped by because it was the last day of his first semester. I taught him 5 years ago and he wanted to visit the school, but since they aren’t allowed, he found out where I lived and stopped by.
He came by to share his good news – he’s majoring in engineering. He was so proud and I loved that he was so proud of himself. I am *very* proud of him because he was one of those students who we all got to know well. He’s also working on forming a new team at the college which I think is absolutely amazing!
I loved that he spoke well about all of my colleagues because he understood how much we all wanted for him. While at my school, he hit bumps in the road and had gotten into trouble, but he understood now much we all cared for him.
He was grateful and very happy.
I told him my current advice – Don’t worry about what everyone thinks – worry about what you and the people who are important to you think. So much time & energy is wasted on what people who don’t even matter think.
I’m grateful for his visit for so many reasons. So Christmas came early for me because there is no better gift than the kind words he spoke to me on a Thursday in December.
Hugs,
marlene
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