"A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation
with the bricks others have thrown at him."
Robert Mills, former student and current director of the Oklahoma City Ballet, posted this on his Facebook profile. When I first read it, I thought, "How profound."No one has it easy. Every single person has "road blocks" or "brick walls" to conquer. Randy Pausch, in "The Last Lecture," says that the brick walls are there not to keep us out, but to let us know how badly we want something.
Everyone has had moments where it seems the world is throwing the bricks at us! Having taught "forever," I can safely say that No one is exempt from some type of label, sterotype, harrassment, bullying - whatever name you wish to give it, the bricks are thrown. [Most of the time, thrown quite hard!] Just as Randy Pausch reminds us the brick walls remind us how badly we want something, Rob reminds us that catching those "loose bricks" and building a strong foundation can only mean success!
1 comment:
I hope you put this on your website and sent it to every board member and administrator. They need to know the success of HHS graduates and the significance of the BRICKS. I think they only think of the bricks as hard-hitting football guys. I absolutely LOVE this. (Maybe Cyndi will put it in the yearbook; it should be.)
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Sharon
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