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First Steps

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Experiencing lifetime of first steps

Beginning with toddler’s curious try

Tumbling down to earth from frequent missteps

Inquiring mind looking skyward to fly

 

Growing up quickly, ready for life’s prep

Entering grade school doors, stepping right in

Navigating each year, planting more steps

Looking always forward, career begins

 

Living life, one year follows another

Challenging new steps arriving each day

Recalling advice from caring mother

Stepping out, traveling each new highway

 

Remembering this life’s countless missteps

Smiling at grandchildren’s beginning steps

 

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Woodrow Kroll Quote

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Trusting God is not by what you read or know.  It is by doing what you have learned from His Word, Bible.

From James 1:22-25:  “But be doers of the word and not merely hearers who deceive themselves.  For if any are hearers of the word and not doers, they are like those who look at themselves in a mirror; for they look at themselves and, on going away, immediately forget what they were like.  But those who look into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and persevere, being not hearers who forget but doers who act—they will be blessed in their doing.”

Woodrow Kroll (born 1944) is an American pastor, Christian author, and radio host.  He has written over 50 books on the Bible and Christian living.

Anne Lamott Quotes

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Lighthouses don’t go running all over an island looking for boats to save; they just stand there shining.

It’s good to do uncomfortable things.  It’s weight training for life.

Anne Lamott (born 1954) is a American novelist and non-fiction writer.  

Marie Lu Quotes

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Every locked door has a key.  Every problem has a solution.

Embellish your flaws.  They will turn into your assets.

Marie Lu (born 1984) is a Chinese-born author.  Many of her novels appeal to young adult readers.  She has lived in the United States since 1989 when her family left China during the Tiananmen Square Protest.

Hope’s Eyes

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Every school year brings challenges to our youngest learners in the classroom.  These struggling children find hope in a teacher, administrator, custodian, instructional assistant, or any other type of mentor.  This is the hope of this poem.

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Fearing tomorrow’s tasks

Dreaming of something more

Probing life’s gloomy path

Failing again to score

 

Meeting darkness once more

Ignoring teacher’s clues

Bearing sounds of silence

Surrounding failure’s blues

 

Learning nothing today

Parking in empty space

Sharing with hidden friend

Reaching familiar place

 

Retreating to safe zone

Boarding life’s empty plane

Watching goals crushed again

Seeing more fire than rain

 

Entering new classroom

Looking into hope’s eyes

Hearing assuring voice

Launching learning’s sunrise

 

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Jane Austen Quotes

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It isn’t what we say or think that defines us, but what we do.

I must learn to be content with being happier than I deserve.

Jane Austen (1775-1817) was an acclaimed English novelist.  Much of her writings dealt with women’s pursuit of a more favorable social standing as well as economic security.