Educate yourself

So pretty much everyone knows I am a  prek teacher. I carry or rather I pull a large cart behind me when I go to work. I have been told it looks like a cooler or maybe I am going on a flight some where. I love my teacher bag because I carry all  my items I need : markers, pens, books and lots more. The items all depend on the week and what we are learning that week.  I have always prided myself on being prepared.I like to be prepared... some times to the extreme but oh! well.

 I will be finishing my masters degree in teaching special education. I must say I am very proud of that fact. I have worked very hard to get to this point.  I have lots to do between now and then including sending out resumes and lots more. I am also working on bettering myself. I have been reading alot and watching less tv. I am reading Men are from Mars and Women are from Venus which has been funny to read and definately have learned a thing or two about how the perspectives of Men and Women are so different.  I have also been reading : Codependency No More. Also a good book and very informative.  I have spent alot of time trying to gain happiness from making others happy but that's not the way it works , we have to love ourselves and find happiness with ourselves because at the end of the day we are the ones we are stuck with :) . Yes, we want people in our lives to help bring us happiness but we also have to make our minds up to be happy as well. I have learned many important things from this book but one last thing I want to share from the book is that we have to find a balance between taking care of ourselves and serving others.  Balance is always one of those tricky things but we must strive for it.  So I am working on finding the good in myself and choosing joy in my life instead of always focusing on the negative. 

I have been pouring over books like these as well as my scriptures to help me learn more and educate myself so that I can find peace and joy in my life. I have also been praying alot to find that peace and joy. I strongly feel that is so important that we educate ourselves whether we pour over good books or we go to a university but that we are always progressing and learning.  Educating yourself isn't always going to a university it can be done by learning more today then you knew yesterday and applying it.

My Latest Mass Email

Hello My Amazing Family and Friends, I hope this email finds you well and happy. I am on my way to graduating. I have one more session of summer classes to go and then I will be student teaching in the fall and then I will officially graduate in May 2013 with my masters in teaching special education. It's been so amazing to learn and grow through all my experiences as a pre k teacher and through all my classes. I feel that knowledge is power and I want to help children be enpowered by knowledge and know they can do anything if they educate themselves. I have had a great deal of learning experiences in the last few months that have brought me so much closer to my Heavenly Father. I am so grateful for every experience. I am trying to see them as experiences and not trials because I know I have learned so much. I know that this life isn't easy but the Lord has given us the tools to get through them and that is prayer and scriptures. I know that everything happens for a reason and some times we just have to experience certain things that arent' fun or comfortable and some times incredibly painful but it helps us become who we need to be and learn what is needed for our next experience. Heavenly Father gives me the strength I need to keep moving and put one foot in front of another. Jennifer Lewis :)

The Lord is My Strength!!!

“Think of the purest, most all-consuming love you can imagine. Now multiply that love by an infinite amount—that is the measure of God’s love for you. God does not look on the outward appearance. I believe that He doesn’t care one bit if we live in a castle or a cottage, if we are handsome or homely, if we are famous or forgotten. Though we are incomplete, God loves us completely. Though we are imperfect, He loves us perfectly. Though we may feel lost and without compass, God love encompasses us completely. He loves us because He is filled with an infinite measure of holy, pure, and indescribable love. We are important to God not because of our résumé but because we are His children. He loves every one of us, even those who are flawed, rejected, awkward, sorrowful, or broken. God’s love is so great that He loves even the proud, the selfish, the arrogant, and the wicked. What this means is that, regardless of our current state, there is hope for us. No matter our distress, no matter our sorrow, no matter our mistakes, our infinitely compassionate Heavenly Father desires that we draw near to Him so that He can draw near to us.” ― Dieter F. Uchtdorf Recently, I have experienced a great deal , it's been a mix of emotions. I see things I need to work on. I feel closer to God and know that I can turn to him for peace. He is my strength when I need him. I needed all the experiences I have had lately because I have been able to open my eyes to so many things ( not all easy things). Struggles strenghten us!!!! Despite how the lessons I am learning are right now I know and am grateful for every person and moment that has been part of my growth. I know It's often after the trail we see the blessings. There is part of me that wishes I could turn back time but I know God is preparing me and strengthening me every second I just have to keep putting one foot in front of the other. I am not in control , the Lord is in control. It maybe hard for me to give him the wheel but I realize despite my hard head ness some times that it's the best way. I can't see all that is to come but I know great things are to come. I must have faith in God's plan and HOPE for a brighter tomorrow. Loving myself hasn't always been something I have done. I often beat myself up constantly. If God loves me shouldn't I love myself. Many things change : Change is part of life but the one thing I can have constantly in my life is God and a relationship with him.