This meeting between the two of you could be moved to a thousand different latitudes and longitudes and still remain the session it started out to be, Indeed, by the motions of the earth, the solar system, the galaxy, and the universe (if that can be defined), every place - every meeting of matter...becomes a kind of cosmic floating crap game. Location is accidental to its deepest meaning. What really matters is not where we are, but who - what real beings...are with us. In that sense, heaven where we see God face to face through the risen flesh of Jesus, may well be the placiest of all places, as it is the most gloriously material of all meetings. Here, perhaps, we do indeed see only through a glass darkly; we mistake one of the earthly husks of place for the heart of its mattering.
-Robert Farrar Capon, The Heavenly Onion, The Spirit of the Lamb; A Culinary Reflection
This past week I was accepted into Ashland's bachelor plus teacher licensure program.
It's strange to think about the time and the path I have taken from 17 to 27. From a high school guidance counselor helping me plan my career path and college to today as I go back to school finally with an idea of who I want to be when I grow up.
But I wouldn't trade the path for anything. The path gives meaning to the destination. If I could go back in time and get my teacher's license at 22 it wouldn't mean what it will mean to have it at 29.
I never believe that the ends justify the means. I believe the means are everything. I believe it is the path that matters more than the destination. It is good to have the goal the ends in mind but if it is at the cost of the path then it is too high a price.
If it takes death in order to have peace then it isn't peace at all.
If it takes gentrification to fix up a neighborhood then it isn't fixed at all.
If it takes child labor to save money then it isn't cheap at all.
My path to my career is my own. There are millions of teachers but the why is the biggest question. 22 year old me didn't want to teach but after the path I've been on now I have a new understanding of teaching. A new lens.
Childish Gambino - Freaks and Geeks
-Robert Farrar Capon, The Heavenly Onion, The Spirit of the Lamb; A Culinary Reflection
This past week I was accepted into Ashland's bachelor plus teacher licensure program.
It's strange to think about the time and the path I have taken from 17 to 27. From a high school guidance counselor helping me plan my career path and college to today as I go back to school finally with an idea of who I want to be when I grow up.
But I wouldn't trade the path for anything. The path gives meaning to the destination. If I could go back in time and get my teacher's license at 22 it wouldn't mean what it will mean to have it at 29.
I never believe that the ends justify the means. I believe the means are everything. I believe it is the path that matters more than the destination. It is good to have the goal the ends in mind but if it is at the cost of the path then it is too high a price.
If it takes death in order to have peace then it isn't peace at all.
If it takes gentrification to fix up a neighborhood then it isn't fixed at all.
If it takes child labor to save money then it isn't cheap at all.
My path to my career is my own. There are millions of teachers but the why is the biggest question. 22 year old me didn't want to teach but after the path I've been on now I have a new understanding of teaching. A new lens.
Childish Gambino - Freaks and Geeks