WK4 Comment on Classmates' Blog - Blog Post 3

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Everett Jones blogged:

What an interesting read again.  This book has potential as being effective.  I would suggest that it is a great starter book for motivation.

Wishful thinking, optimistic thinking about giving your spark to others and being receptive to others light and spark is awesome.  Not everyone has that spark that can be seen, so it is our job to show them our spark of kindness and maybe their spark will shine a little brighter for the next person.  We are all conduits of knowledge.  Chapter 9 is very much about this concept of feeding off of each others sparks. 

Following chapters:

Keeping our minds open in difficult circumstances to the possibilities of new beginnings or closure may be more ideal.  Negative thinking only places us backwards on the game board.  Let's think positively and place ourselves in a better place forward on the board.

As I've stated in other blogs, everyone has something good about themselves whether it is apparent or not.  WE all possess qualities that can bring out the best in others or in situations.  Do WE always make the better decisions for us?  Not always.  However, when we do make the better decision, WE all benefit in some way.  If not, let's build up another and wait our turn to be built up ourselves.  WE should be in this together.

@Everett

You know my mom would tell me all the time to hang around those who seem to have had the same thoughts or morals. It took me a while to understand that as a child. But when you are trying to be a positive and optimistic person those are the people you need to hang around or they will blow out your spark. I like how you pointed out how you need to pass your spark off to others. What use is your spark if you can’t pass it. Eventually you will stop growing. As teachers we have the best opportunity to bring out the best in students. It starts early. Like you said sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn’t, but at least we tried.