This week if something comes your way that wasn’t what your choice…even in the smallest way, allow yourself to be awake in the noticing. There might be something there for you. A small lesson, a reminder, a memory, or perhaps a jolt out of the regular and routine that allows you to see beauty that exists in this one precious little life.

Instead of putting too much pressure on ourselves to execute perfectly these last couple of weeks, let's extend deep care to ourselves, our students, and each other.

All I know is that it felt special to have someone looking out for me that day. And I see educators looking out for kids in so many ways in our schools too. Perhaps they are extending kindness to students that one special person extended to them when they themselves were in school. And that's the ripple effect. That's a legacy of learning.