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Oof. That's a tough one. Being true to myself, maybe. Being self-sufficient yet not alienating myself. Learning from mistakes. Being kind yet not a pushover. Standing up for myself without standing on someone to do so. Overcoming the fear of failure (ARGH! I'm afraid I can't overcome that!). Finding or creating a family/community.
Teaching -- help students find the "aha" of learning.
Learning -- learn how to do as many practical things as possible, and learn to do at least a few of the non-practical as well.
Spiritually -- strive to be as much like the loving, forgiving, and non-judgemental Christ as humanly possible, and accept that I will not get all that far.
Emotionally -- strive to get a little healthier every day.
Professionally -- earn full professorship status.
There are peaks and things to strive for but i've been recently really appreciating boots that are comfortable and bras that fit and what a tremendous difference they make, completely enjoying well cooked fresh food and a good cheese. Being mindful and genuinely enjoying the things around me gets things going where i want them. It's too easy to accidentally suffer from poor quality of life if you're not paying attention.
Being able to really appreciate things not sucking is doubly amazing when you know what it's like to feel nothing or worse, so it seems a fine goal in itself and yet is the journey.
Enjoying the journey.
It happens once in a while if you're lucky.
It's just empiracle lernin':
i had tried on these old boots and not realized there were so uncomfortable until i tried to leave the house in them.
Good gravy, i wasn't that unhealthy last year; it was those boots crippling and fatiguing me.
i always use to say, it's hard to care about world peace when your eye hurts. Because your eye hurts.
And when your boobs don't feel out of place, painful or like a burden, being in public is worlds easier.
It's a sin to suffer needlessly.
And mindless consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.
And lots of other stuff famous people said.
When they make an action figure of me, then I'll truly have arrived. I have no idea what I'll do to have an action figure made of me. But it's almost a better sign of success than being interviewed by Terri Gross, which of course is the penultimate.
;-)
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