100 Years From Now

Well as they say another day another dollar. But is that really what life is about? The past two days have been very good. I have been very productive, on the ball, and have been very accountable. I have tried to follow all 13 ways to start winning on the inside. Today I had a very how can I say it. Ok I had a very intense morning. Things did not happen how I would like them, and I know this is going to happen. There are a few mistakes that I felt I made, that added to the situation. But I know what they are and I am going to do my best to correct them. With my job I know I am not going to be rich. I know this and that is not why I started to work in this field. The reason is I want to help children, and I want to help as many children as I can. Now I am not saying I am amazing at my job. I do the best I can do, and am always striving to make a difference. I have been focusing a lot of my time and thoughts towards one child. Now this child needs all the help we can provide. At the same time I am watching other students fall below the radar. So by the end of this semester I want to have an action plan in place to help a greater number of students, and to reach out to two students that I feel are flying below the radar. Being a LD person myself I know the tricks, and strategies LD kids use to not be noticed. Now the challenge for me will to be able to accomplish this on my own time. So it will not affect the students I am already working with. The other challenge will be to do it so my co-workers will not know I am doing it on my own time. It is a union job. The way I see it is first of all it is my time. I am not being paid at this time, and as long as I don’t interfere in any of my co-workers jobs there should be no problems. As Steven Covey would say I want "To live, To Love, To Learn and To Leave a Legacy." Now I would like to leave you with a final thought here is a quote I love. I first saw it on a Toonies 4 Autism brochure.

One hundred years from now
It will not matter what kind of car I drove,
What kind of house I lived in,
How much money I had in my bank account,
Nor what my clothes looked like.
But one hundred years from now
The world may be a little better
Because I was important
In the life of a child.
~Author Unknown