The most penetrating preachers,
hinting, they teach us.
Revered when stood alone
or their forest home.
Roots resting in infinity,
their own laws accordingly,
standing tall to represent.
When stormy winds relent
Nothing is more exemplary,
In nature growing free,
A beautiful strong tree.
Paraphrased a lot from a passage by Narayan Kaudinya on the Road to Nara blog and shared with dVerse Quadrille #216
Today I’m feeling:
Like I have the start of a cold again. The big changes in temperatures are getting everyone sick it seems. I skipped exercise this morning as i felt exhausted last night and couldn’t even read much before sleeping. I also woke up many times last night with aching shoulders again. Ugh.
By the end of the day my sore throat is worsening and my tinnitus more annoying so I’m guessing my sinuses are inflamed with germs, viruses and smoke. Ugh.
Health:
Physical: 6
Mental: 7
Today I’m grateful for:
The lady at the hospital who was as proud as I was of our ability to communicate with each other in our broken second languages to change the date of my peehole examination.
The best thing about today was:
My grade 10 English class today was a lot of fun. We’ve been working through a set of grammar worksheets for the last two weeks and it has got everyone active and talking and helping each other to understand. I have to take their phones each time otherwise they will just use translation and AI to help them. Instead, if I am stuck answering something I use those tools, project on to the screen and can advise them to use the information as a guide and not just copy it.
What was out of your control today and how did you handle it?
I drove out to the funeral this morning, (sub-directors mother) mainly because many students in my morning class were off doing something with T. Champ so I could easily cancel it and it then gave me something to do!
The map that I was sent opened an app but my location wasn’t getting picked up but I figured I could find the place anyway.
After about 15 minutes I figured I was on the wrong road and found a side road to head back and start again.
When I got back I opened up Google Maps and saw that I had been on the right road all along so turned around and headed that way again.
It turned out that the side road that I turned around in was exactly where the funeral was!
That’s the way it goes.
