The longer I blog, the more I realize something. It’s really not about trying to say something. In fact it’s not about trying at all. It’s not even about crafting a powerful message. It’s just about sharing. Whatever is in your mind, on your heart, and running through the veins of your soul. That which drives you to keep going. Because when you reach thatpoint, that is who you are. When we share that with each other? That’s when messages grow into ideas. Thoughts become actions. Connections are authentic. Passions run deep. It’s as real as reality can get.
Blog. Not because you have to. Not because it’s one more thing to do. But because who you are is more of what education needs. We encourage kids with messages like “Be Yourself” and “Dream Big.” We then settle ourselves for the voice of others that rings in our head. We get uncomfortable sharing because we fail to believe in ourselves, our ideas, and our message. We tell ourselves that sharing who we are isn’t necessary, because we don’t have something to offer. But we’d never look at a child and think that. We see promise. Hope. Pathways to new ideas. Dreams.
We may grow up, but we don’t outgrow that hope. It’s in us all. When our students look at us? They see it, too. So maybe it’s time we all see that within ourselves. It’s there. On the good days and the bad days.
Dream a little bigger. Blog a little more. No holding back for fear of saying the wrong thing or fear of not having anything to say. Because what the world needs is you. Your voice. It won’t be one person who will change education. It will be a collaboration. Us. You. Me. Them. A field built on uniqueness, reaching for the sky, joining together to show the world that what the world needs is us.
