" the teacher's lesson" someone sent me this today...

...just HAD to pass it along in case you did not learn this lesson yet- never too late.... ( see below)
( thanks Sister-in-love, Judy!)

I am In awe of my Awesome Lord and Savior every moment of the day thanks to my best and dearest teachers: my parents!
They taught me this lesson below and all the other important "lessons" that help me to this day.

Lovingly,
Ruth Elizabeth  (Miller) Rose
Homesick for my parents in heaven now almost 2 decades! What comfort that I will see them someday soon along with JESUS....
Until then I will continue to enjoy every precious moment and person in my path and STOP to " smell the roses!"
join me!!! ?
Read this to your " students" ( thinking of you, Karie! What a precious memory our hallway "chat" was !)
Go get um Miss Nelson! ;-)



Subject: The Teacher's Lesson
Date: Tuesday, March 1, 2011, 3:01 PM


Subject: The Teacher's Lesson

A nice thought about appreciating our blessings....

Lisa Beamer on Good Morning America - If you remember, she's the wife of
Todd Beamer who said 'Let's Roll!' and helped take down the plane over
Pennnsylvania that was heading for Washington DC back on 9/11.

She said it's the little things that she misses most about Todd, such as
hearing the garage door open as he came home, and her children running to

meet him. She's now the Mom of a beautiful little girl, Mary.

Lisa recalled this story:
"I had a very special teacher in high school many years ago whose husband

died suddenly of a heart attack.  About a week after his death, she
shared
some of her insight with a classroom of students.  As the late afternoon
sunlight came streaming in through the classroom windows and the class
was
nearly over, she moved a few things aside on the edge of her desk and sat

down there.

With a gentle look of reflection on her face, she paused and said, '
Class
is over, I would like to share with all of you, a thought that is
unrelated
to class, but which I feel is very important.  Each of us is put here on
earth to learn, share, love, appreciate and give of ourselves.  None of
us
knows when this fantastic experience will end.  It can be taken away at
any
moment.

Perhaps this is the powers way of telling us that we must make the most
out
of every single day.  Her eyes, beginning to water, she went on, 'So I
would
like you all to make me a promise.  From now on, on your way to school,
or
on your way home, find something beautiful to notice.

It doesn't have to be something you see, it could be a scent, perhaps of
freshly baked bread wafting out of someone's house, or it could be the
sound
of the breeze slightly rustling the leaves in the trees, or the way the
morning light catches one autumn leaf as it falls gently to the ground.
Please look for these things, and cherish them.  For, although it may
sound
trite to some, these things are the "stuff" of life.  The little things
we
are put here on earth to enjoy.  The things we often take for granted.
The class was completely quiet.

We all picked up our books and filed out of the room silently.  That
afternoon, I noticed more things on my way home from school than I had
that
whole semester.  Every once in a while, I think of that teacher and
remember
what an impression she made on all of us, and I try to appreciate all of
those things that sometimes we all overlook.

Take notice of something special you see on your lunch hour today.  Go
barefoot.  Or walk on the beach at sunset.  Stop off on the way home
tonight
to get a double dip ice cream cone.  For as we get older, it is not the
things we did that we often regret, but the things we didn't do.

If you like this, please pass it on to a friend, if not just delete it
and
go on with your life!  Life is not measured by the number of breaths we
take, but by the moments that take our breath away."
HAVE A GREAT DAY

P.S. Happy Birthday Dr. Suess!!