Response to Klauer's post

Elizabeth,
I agree with the book allows you to be you. They ask you to accept your feeling and a situations not to be unrealistically optimistic about the fact it is raining on your vacation. They simply ask you to look beyond it! I really enjoyed reading your post


















Please find Elizabeths blog post below:

The honesty of the authors is truly a breath of fresh air. We are merely human, and it is natural to feel emotions of anger, grief, disillusionment, frustration, etc. There are many philosophies that teach to one end of the spectrum to the other. We are to embrace suffering by realizing that we deserve it and must wallow in it and beat our bodies down to train them. Or we are to completely deny our feelings and transcend beyond that to another elevated state of peace or nirvana or whatever. The Zanders make it clear that we are to allow our feelings to run their course and come to a place where we can move forward. In life we have never reached an impasse. Our creativity and resilience are just challenged a bit... sometimes a lot. I love the rabbi story. There are always reasons to be thankful. “Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you” (Paul the Apostle, 1 Thessalonians 5:18).

“Give Way to Passion.” Must I ruin this chapter title by writing more? Yes. I think what might often happen, based on my observations, is that people end up married with children before they fully realize their dreams and passions and gifts. A job becomes necessary for providing the basic needs of the family. The job is just that-- a job, not a joy, or a delight, or a passion. However I suppose a passion for life and living can turn any job into a passion. If your family’s comfort and happiness are your passions, your job will be a joy because it is the means to provide that. I see many parallels between this chapter and the 4th, “Being a Contribution.” Of course the BTFI moment stands out to me the most! Love it! We make so many excuses for why we can’t pursue something. I usually hate this word so I apologize, but, fuck it! And go for the seemingly impossible!!! God gave us passions and gifts for a reason. So we need to let go of our pride and our half-empty glasses and invest in our passions to bless and be blessed by others. So, self-application... Within two years I will move out of state or preferably out of the country to pursue either foreign languages and/or film school and/or dance and/or soccer. I like the “and” better than the “or” so I say... all of the above! It sounds impossible.

The Eastlea School story - inspiring! I especially love Anthony’s 15-minutes of fame! I’m trying to get my students to have their moments of fame by recording their skits and rap songs that they create based on our current chapter in History. They love watching each other. And I love when they compliment each other, which unfortunately, is not that often. Working on that... Trying to help fan their sparks into flames and to be inspired by the sparks my students have.