The Influence of Teachers and Appreciation of Them

As I understand it, today is Teacher Appreciation Week here in the United States and today in particular is National Teachers Day in recognition and celebration of teachers. I for one can truthfully say that I never had a bad teacher, I look back and hold them all is high esteem and with such appreciation.My First TeacherWhen I was young (many years ago since I am now unashamedly 72!) I was so looking forward to beginning school. More than anything else I wanted to learn to read and write. My f

The Tools Are Collected; It's time to forge ahead!

I'm looking forward to this week being very productive. My "under construction" website will be populated with several pages of quality content and I've got the two top affiliates on board that are vital to this particular site being successful. I'm set as far as having the tools in hand. I just have to capitalize and put them to work.VisionIt's great to have a vision. In times past it has been said, "where there is no vision the people perish." However, having the vision has to be accompanied

When The Tide Rises, All The Ships Go Up.

I've been a part of WA for several weeks now and I'm convinced there is a lot being offered here. It certainly meets the criteria of what I've been looking for, especially in methodology,The Power of EncouragementIn conjunction with the teaching and resources I have especially been pleased with the level of encouragement shared among us. I'm an optimistic person so it is quite fulfilling to me. I especially enjoy reading the reports about progress, success, and discoveries that are revealed to

Knowledge and Wisdom.

Knowledge is a wonderful thing and the discovery of new bits of knowledge can be very fulfilling, even somewhat exciting as it can spur us on to dig deeper. I remember spending a lot of time in the library when I was attending seminary and having plenty of "a-ha" moments. In those times it did not matter that I had burned up many hours reaching that instant of learning. The end result was worth the trek.Learning is a life-long activity and the truth is that none of us know it all plus we contin