Invest

The cyclical nature of education has always made sense to me. If district administration are generators of trust, strong leaders and well organized this trickles down to the individual schools and then the classrooms and then to the students.

If I were to do a brainstorm of words related to the concepts above the term "invest" would most certainly be present. The word was thrown around a few times at class tonight and my mind kept coming back to it. I think it's a key component not only to my career but to how I should live life.

While it can be difficult to invest when the return doesn't seem worth it -- I know that I should invest anyway.

Anyway...

Mother Teresa's Anyway Poem

People are often unreasonable, illogical and self centered;
Forgive them anyway.
If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives;
Be kind anyway.
If you are successful, you will win some false friends and some true enemies;
Succeed anyway.
If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you;
Be honest and frank anyway.
What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight;
Build anyway.
If you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous;
Be happy anyway.
The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow;
Do good anyway.
Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough;
Give the world the best you've got anyway.
You see, in the final analysis, it is between you and your God;
It was never between you and them anyway.