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The School of Life - Lessons Learned

A few years ago I finally found something I had been in search of for over a decade.  This prized possession was a school desk that happened to be over a hundred years old and had come from a one-room schoolhouse in the Midwest.  I loved the nostalgic feeling it brought with it of children from so long ago spending countless hours within its confines learning lessons to take them to a brighter future.  It symbolized restraint yet freedom at the same time.

How often do we have lessons in life that we are not allowed to get up and walk away from?  Lessons that feel like they are holding us back from the wide-open world that awaits us as we gaze out that window on a warm sunny day.  Yet, by staying there and taking the time to learn and grow we later realize how important those lessons were in preparing us with a greater understanding of the world beyond our doorstep, beyond anything we had yet explored.

I had such an experience one year ago to the day when I first found out I had cancer.  The life lessons I’ve learned from this tutor have prepared me for a grander world.  Cancer has brought me a deeper knowledge of the importance of service to others.  These lessons have been taught not just by the lessons learned of dealing with adversity, but also by the countless teachers who have been my substitutes when I couldn’t do for myself all that I wanted to.

So, as our school bell rings and releases us for another day I welcome you along as I venture out into the world to see who I can find and serve.

In Others’ Words:

Some measure their lives by days and years,

Others by heart throbs, passion and tears.

But the surest measure under the sun

Is what in your lifetime for others you’ve done.

~ Author Unknown~

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