----- Original Message ----- From: "MountainWings" <[email protected]> To: "Cynthia Gropman" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, February 08, 2009 12:10 AM Subject: MountainWings:Sunday - What Grade Are You In?
> ------------------------------------------------- > MountainWings A MountainWings Moment > #1056 Wings Over The Mountains of Life > ------------------------------------------------- > > What Grade Are You In? > ======================= > > As I was taking my son to school he asked me, > "Daddy, do you go to school?" > > The question hit me. > > I instantly recognized it was not a simple answer. > > He then asked, punctuating my pensive silence with another > question, "Daddy, are you through with school?" > > Both questions silenced me. > > The answer on the child's level was obviously "No, Daddy does > not go to school because Daddy is finished with school." > > That answer would have satisfied him and would have been > technically correct. > > Writing MountainWings has subtly changed my thought patterns. > > It would have satisfied my son, but it would have left a lump in > my throat. > > A big lump that tasted like a lie. > > Finished school? Not hardly! > > I think I learn more now than ever. > > I learn more now than I did in nursery, elementary, high school > and college. > > It's not so much that the classroom has changed, but the student > has changed. > > I now recognize the opportunity to learn through all of the > experiences that life presents to us each day. > > I now recognize the benefit of that learning. > > I still hadn't answered him as I steeped in these thoughts. > > Sensing a need to help his father understand the question, he > said hoping to clarify his question, "school is a building." > > That also is very true. > > School is a building of character, a building of knowledge, a > building of wisdom and experience. > > I think people relationships have taught me more about > communication than English 101. > > I think marriage has taught me more than Math 101 about what > happens when you add one plus one. > > I think making ends meet each month has taught me more than > Economics 101. > > Reading, Righting and Rithmatic, the three R's, life's got them > beat as far as learning is concerned. Especially Righting is > difficult if you understand the play on words. > > My son would rather not go to school. > > There are some lessons I sure don't want to repeat. > > In life you can have two students with the same teacher, > one will pay attention, learn the lesson, and pass the class > with flying colors. > > Another student will become distracted, focus on things other > than the main purpose, lose interest, fail the class, and have > to repeat it over and over. > > Many of the latter persuasion never pass but simply give up and > move on, with the grade permanently on their record. > > You have the same teacher, class and lesson but different > students and results. > > Life is a school. > > > The simple words of a child plunged me so deep in thought. > > > Were they really that simple? > > > Were they really the mere words of a child or a divine question > sent through a child? > > > What did I finally answer my son? > > > "I sure am in school son, everyday, and I am not nearly > finished, neither is my final grade tabulated." > > > > What grade are you in? > > > ~A MountainWings Original~ > > Thank you for inviting MountainWings in your mailbox. > See you tomorrow. > > Forward this issue to a friend or send them the link below: > http://www.mountainwings.com/past/1056.htm > > **************************************************************** > www.MountainWings.com "Wings Over The Mountains of Life" > To: Subscribe, Un-Subscribe, Get a Book, T-Shirt, Rate Issues, > Tell Friends about MountainWings, Read Past Issues, Donations, > Submit a MountainWings Moment or Prayer Request, Set homepage to > Daily issue in larger type Go To: http://www.mountainwings.com > Click to unsubscribe: http://www.mountainwings.com/remove.html > **************************************************************** > MountainWings, POBox 43725, 120 Selig Dr., Atlanta, GA 30336 USA > You are subscribed as: [email protected] > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Deaf-Blind Inspirational Life Group" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/DBILG?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
