Yes, I had a 3rd grade teacher who told me that I could be myself. That we can be kind and also be strong. She didn't only say it with words. She embodied these two qualities. I loved her and she is the only teacher, in all my years from nursery to law school, who I truly remember. Ms. Baucman from PS 206 in Broooklyn, you are certainly in heaven by now... thank you for seeing me.
Marcus, as always I love how you make something so important and profound, simple. Nature is this way. It needs what it needs (basic stuff) and then it offers the most spectacular fruit. We are the same. Nature asks us not to treat a rose like a cactus, a fig tree is different than a cherry tree. Nature allows each element to be itself. Only humans try to change this for efficiency, profit, and power. The solution is not to expect the fig tree to be any other tree than a fig. And the same for us. Of course, our children prosper when we allow them to grow in their own way; to just be themselves with their unique talents and personalities and characteristics. And of course, teachers prosper when they share who they are and what they are passionate about. Asking a gym teacher to teach math is like asking a rose to be a cactus. They are both beautiful. They both belong. They both have pointy parts, but that is where the similarity ends. Can we teach our children, before all else, to love who they are and share this with the world? Can we offer these lessons to the teachers and as many humans as possible? We would all be so much healthier, and like all Nature, fill the world with an unprecedented abundance of spectacular fruit. Thank you Marcus. Sending love and gratitude, xo ps I sent you a dm when you get a chance to take a peek 💕
Yes, I had a 3rd grade teacher who told me that I could be myself. That we can be kind and also be strong. She didn't only say it with words. She embodied these two qualities. I loved her and she is the only teacher, in all my years from nursery to law school, who I truly remember. Ms. Baucman from PS 206 in Broooklyn, you are certainly in heaven by now... thank you for seeing me.
Marcus, as always I love how you make something so important and profound, simple. Nature is this way. It needs what it needs (basic stuff) and then it offers the most spectacular fruit. We are the same. Nature asks us not to treat a rose like a cactus, a fig tree is different than a cherry tree. Nature allows each element to be itself. Only humans try to change this for efficiency, profit, and power. The solution is not to expect the fig tree to be any other tree than a fig. And the same for us. Of course, our children prosper when we allow them to grow in their own way; to just be themselves with their unique talents and personalities and characteristics. And of course, teachers prosper when they share who they are and what they are passionate about. Asking a gym teacher to teach math is like asking a rose to be a cactus. They are both beautiful. They both belong. They both have pointy parts, but that is where the similarity ends. Can we teach our children, before all else, to love who they are and share this with the world? Can we offer these lessons to the teachers and as many humans as possible? We would all be so much healthier, and like all Nature, fill the world with an unprecedented abundance of spectacular fruit. Thank you Marcus. Sending love and gratitude, xo ps I sent you a dm when you get a chance to take a peek 💕