School and things and being tense

There are times when I guess I should be tense and I'm not. For instance, one of my daughters is kinda sick and they want to do this "miracle" drug. And even though everyone is assuring me it's the right path this is my baby. Or that at school we have our Quality Review next week and have been stressing and getting ready. Or that I haven't done my taxes yet. And none of it is really stressing me. It's like the U2 song, "there's nothing you can throw at me that I haven't already heard." I know that at 7:55AM I'm going to open my school's door....and greet every kid that comes in. And smile. And that's me. The real me. Shaking hands....smiling good morning....banging fists. The secret of teaching is that kids renew you. Simple as that. If you're a teacher and you don't have compassion for your kids, don't believe that change is possible you're a civil servant into it for the vacation time. Yep, it's that simple. Teaching is a big tent. But teachers without heart and compassion and believe in the possibility of change aren't teachers. Sorry, you can't work for me. And my job is to take every wacko kids moment, every teachers flat tire, every request for paperwork, every budgeting moment, every explosion, every frustrating moment, and give it sanity. "there's nothing you can throw at me that I haven't already heard."