Denise's Adventures: I have truly been a bad blogger...

Sunday, October 10, 2010

I have truly been a bad blogger...

I realize that I have not blogged in almost a year (shame on you Denise). I am currenlty traveling once again all over the country looking for best practices of schools. So far, I have witnessed many inspiring practices helping to mold the minds of tomorrow's highest achievers. I will continue to touch base on my blogging thoughts during my travels, but I would also like to catch up on some topics that I feel have been taking up most of my thought process as I continue to prepare to open KIPP Generations Collegiate next year!

I will post some new stuff soon...

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My inspiration...

The book, The Alchemist changed my life and why I have made the changes and taken the risks I have in the past years. I want you to hear just a little piece of the introduction from the author, Paulo Coehlo, himself:

Oscar Wilde said: “Each man kills the thing he loves.” And it’s true. The mere possibility of getting what we want fills the soul of the ordinary person with guilt. We look around at all those who have failed to get what they want and feel that we do not deserve to get what we want either. We forget about all the obstacles we overcame, all the suffering we endured, all the things we had to give up in order to get this far. I have known a lot of people who, when their personal calling was within their grasp, went on to commit a series of stupid mistakes and never reached their goal—when it was only a step away.

This is the most dangerous of obstacles because it has a kind of saintly aura about it: renouncing joy and conquest. But if you believe yourself worthy of the thing you fought so hard to get, then you become an instrument of God, you help the Soul of the World, and you understand why you are here.