To My Students...

This is my second entry for this week. But, lucky for you, you'll have the privilege of reading only one. I wrote an entry last night and after working on it for about an hour and a half, I realized it was clouded with random thoughts and just annoying... and so I deleted it. Haha we always seem to be a little delirious after Mondays. I decided it should be deleted after I realized that it wasn't the message I wanted to share with you this week. The original told you all about how to find peace inside yourself, even if it seemed to be work at times. When life hands you lemons...you get the idea. I do think it's an important message for all of us to know and practice, but really it's something I think everyone's heard and the last thing I'd want to do with my blog is state the obvious. I like to think I'm giving my two readers a different perspective or maybe just a spark of inspiration every now and then. So with that in mind, here's my best shot.

Instead of sharing with you (my adult audience) my insight on 'inner peace' I thought I'd write this one to my students, you know those kids I spend every day with. I think they deserve their own letter from me to them.

To my students: 

First and foremost, I want you to know how happy I am to have shared this year with you. You have made my day time and again and I have loved every minute of it (well, almost every minute). This letter is my gift to you, to thank you for being such a loving group of kids. It may not seem like such a treat, giving you something else to read, but either way you see it, I hope you'll keep this as a reminder of another year in your life that you can look back on and learn from. Being your teacher, it's pretty impossible for me not to want to teach you in everything I do. So yes, this too comes with a lesson. :)

This whole year I worried about your learning. I worried that you would forget the things I taught you. I worried you would forget how to add fractions, how to do long division, the difference between a factor and a multiple... (hah that was a fun one huh?). I worried and worried. But, you taught me something while I was teaching you. You taught me that none of those things matter in comparison to what kind of heart you have. 

You have my permission to forget everything I taught you this year, (I really hope you don't), as long as you remember this one lesson. Your life is going to be full of experiences, full of tough times and good times, times you love and times you wish you were back in fifth grade. But through all of it, good and bad, the only thing that really matters is how close your heart is to God's. If your heart is close to God's heart, then nothing can stop you. (Not even math or science) As long as you stay close to God, He'll always make sure you get where you need to be. That is my promise and His. I can tell you this because I know it to be true. He has done so much for my life and I have never done anything close to deserving it. The only thing I've made sure of is that I never lost sight of Him. Even during some of my toughest times, I still talked to Him and let Him know I needed His help. And you know what? He always came to my rescue. God has a plan for you, a very beautiful plan for you, and this is only the beginning. So take your time in growing up, because God has so much to show you along the way and your only job is to trust Him. 

Love,

Ms. Simpson



"For I know the plans I have in mind for you, plans for peace, not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope."- Jeremiah 29:11