Robin Williams has died!

   Today an actor that I really haven't paid a lot of attention to. . . . stop!  An actor that I didnt realize had a lot of affect on me has died.  I feel very much the same way that I felt when Princess Diana died.  Sad.  Very Sad.

It has to explain because niether person is someone I knew personally or even thought I would, and they are both older than I am.  They live lives I don't.   I am still sad.

I won't remember how they died, but what they accomplished or tried to while they were alive.  Most of all they bothe seemed to love their children.  Their children seem to love them. How special is that!

Training Camp

The past two weeks our administration has referred to our back to school as the training camp.  I have to admit that I really didn't pay any attention because they are always encouraging the general education teachers so that the scores will go up.  That is not a positive statement and I would hope that it is not true. In addition, I have been paying attention to my own problems, primarily how to pay for my last four classes and mourning the fact that I have run out of time to complete my PhD.

Training Camp is actually a book authored by Jon Gordon. I bought the book with money I don't have, but it is a worth while investment.  Our adminstrator must be a fan of Jon Gordon because last year she modelled our back to school development as the Energy Bus.  She constantly refers to us as riding a bus together.  I will have to go back and read with new eyes because after reading the Training Camp I realize why I feel the way I do and it not an Ah Ha moment for me, but the author does a great job in explaining why this is happening.

Pride is a great tool that Satan uses to make sure that when we reach a point of success we go no further.  By this I mean that we push ourselves, we work hard, we do ALL the things that we are supposed to do to be successful and WHAM!  All of our insecurities come to light and we don't reach out to the one who can do it for us. “That's because pride keeps you separate from the love of God. Pride causes the ripple of fear in your life, and all your fears big and small can be traced back to it. Instead of trying to be one with God, pride says ‘I can be my own God. I can do it alone (Gordon, 2013).”

I am constantly writing in my journal that money is an idol and do a degree it is, but it is based on the fact that I have a lot of pride.  Pride is what has caused the lack of promotion in my career.  Pride has caused me to stop dreaming and Pride has caused me not to have faith in God.

The author, Jon Gordon, has written several book and I have checked most of them out of the library. The only one I can't check out is the The Seed.  I will have to save up for it and purchase it.

Training Camp is a good book and I strongly reccomend it!!

Reference:
Excerpt From: Gordon, Jon. “Training Camp.” John Wiley & Sons, 2013-04-26. iBooks.
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School is Back in Session

Today was the first day of public school for 2014-15 school year.  This year will be different because it will be better.  The students in the primary grades came today so they could become familiar with the rituals and routines of the school.  Always a good thing!!!

There are close to 600 books on my netgalley list and I have reviewed  48% of them.  This weekend I hope to raise that percentage by several points.  There are several good books on that list.  In adddition, I have 5 professional books that I intend to finish by the end of the month, plus a couple of bible studies.

Two of the books that I am really getting into, Daniel's Plan and The Seven Decisions, are my life books.  They are both making think about the decisions that I have made that have lend me to this point in my life.

Please help me pray for the backing I need to complete and pay for the last four classes of my post graduate degree in Educational Technology.  I really believe that technology is the key to having all children learn in the public schools.  One of these days, I intend to blog on that subject, acutally, I intend to blog on a varitey of subjects.  I hope to see a lot of comments.

Blogging helps to fulfill a goal in life.  I have always wanted to be a columnist in a paper who writes an open ed column on a variety of issues.  Some opinions I agree with and some I don't.  However, it doesn't say much about me or the columnist if I agree with everything.  Or simply agree because I like this columnist.

Hopefully you all a good day!

Take care and God Blees!!