…I don’t mean physically (although as I wait for this baby I feel like my tummy is growing and stretching by the hour).
I’m reading a book called ‘Teaching to Change Lives’ by Howard Hendricks. He tells a story of an 86 year old woman.
"The last time I saw her on planet Earth was at one of those aseptic parties. We were sitting there on eggshells, when she walked in and said, ‘Well Hendricks, I haven’t seen you for a long time. What are the five best books you’ve read in the past year?’She had a way of changing a group’s dynamics. Her philosophy was, Let’s not bore each other with each other; let’s get into a discussion. She was eighty three on her last trip to Israel. She went there with a group of NFL football players. One of my most vivid memories of her is seeing her out front yelling back to them, ‘Come on, men, get with it!"She died in her sleep at her daughter’s home in Dallas. Her daughter told me that just before she died, she had written out her goals for the next ten years."
A good friend of mine just told me she is going to be going to University again to get her masters. My mom flew across the ocean to be with us and is experiencing a brand new culture. Another friend told me of life change she will be making that takes a lot of courage… and we will be learning to be parents (hopefully soon!)
Learning (for the sake of growth not just job placement or advancement) makes our experience in life deeper. So keep making goals and pushing yourself to learn new things, even though as we grow older risks and learning seem scarier and scarier. Don’t let fear hold you back. So what new thing are you going to learn?
Teaching Adventures 