Sticking to Your Guns/The Right Reasons

Teaching and correction. I find it really difficult some days with my primary class. Today was one of those days. Not horrible, just a bit trying. There are always varying reasons why one day or week may be harder than the next for me. I am always weighing how and why I do things--am I expecting too much, am I really setting boundaries that can be followed, will this truly benefit each person, am I doing it out of fear and others' expectations or because I really believe it's the right thing, and so on. And it's just hard to stick with something (or just to want to stick with something) when you get a negative reaction or a less than ideal outcome (or feeling). But, I know the value of consistency, and so I shall continue to stick with it and simply pray for the best understanding of each class member and also for help to let the spirit guide me in teaching, training, and correcting in the way that is best.

I am grateful for the teaching, training, and correction of my own life that helps me teach, train, and correct those that I have stewardship over.

Small Steps

I have remembered (again) the past few days what a great thing it is to accomplish something through small steps on a regular basis rather than in one big step (which doesn't usually work anyway). So, I've been doing something small each day around the house and trying to focus on how much better it looks because of that one small thing, instead of thinking of how much there is still to do or how much is not done. Much better way to go about things and something that I may be learning for the rest of my life.

I am grateful for perspective reminders that help me take small steps each day.