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On being selfish
As I sat on the bench yesterday talking to one of the mother’s at karate I happened to notice one of the little boys who I have “adopted”. I do that now and then with particular students. One of them shows such strength, intelligence, sense of humor, and …vulnerability that my heart kind of reaches out to them. I often wonder if that’s the extent of my “mothering instinct” that refuses to be ignored. Nothing in me wants to have my own children. But I can’t help the fact that there are students at school that make me smile when they do well and dissapoint me when they don’t try as hard as I know they should.