Teaching Values
I just finished my class. This semester I have overextended myself to so many people and to so many commitments that I have failed to do my best in what I was called to do - teach. At first I was rationalizing that I was new in my job and there were just unexpected holidays and "free days" because of the annual sportsfest and so many other reasons I could think of.
What is it about life that makes us always feel as if we have not done our best and we have "short changed" the people who really matter in our lives?
It's been a long day and it did not turn out the way I expected. Today is our town fiesta and most of the people managed to go to one house or the other to savor the delicious treat of many townspeople. Here, you really don't have to know anyone to visit a place; it's free for all. We are all welcome to go to anybody's house, sample their delicacies and join the merrymaking. People are one day millionaires here. Sometimes, they even have to borrow money so that they can feed every Tom, Dick and Harry that comes along. It surprises me how a day like this can bring about so much misery later on.
What is more important anyway, tradition or common sense? I feel that it is a waste to have to spend so much in a day; but if you have the means to share with others, it is good to be a blessing. My concern is that sometimes, we fail to share the more essential things in life. What values are we sharing the youth by our extravagance? Have we inculcated the right values to them by living such a life?
"We should walk our talk." It's not so much what we say but doing what we should do that matters. Our actions truly speak louder than words.
What is it about life that makes us always feel as if we have not done our best and we have "short changed" the people who really matter in our lives?
It's been a long day and it did not turn out the way I expected. Today is our town fiesta and most of the people managed to go to one house or the other to savor the delicious treat of many townspeople. Here, you really don't have to know anyone to visit a place; it's free for all. We are all welcome to go to anybody's house, sample their delicacies and join the merrymaking. People are one day millionaires here. Sometimes, they even have to borrow money so that they can feed every Tom, Dick and Harry that comes along. It surprises me how a day like this can bring about so much misery later on.
What is more important anyway, tradition or common sense? I feel that it is a waste to have to spend so much in a day; but if you have the means to share with others, it is good to be a blessing. My concern is that sometimes, we fail to share the more essential things in life. What values are we sharing the youth by our extravagance? Have we inculcated the right values to them by living such a life?
"We should walk our talk." It's not so much what we say but doing what we should do that matters. Our actions truly speak louder than words.
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