Musings

yesterday (sept. 16) i had d chance to listen to a sharing by a Canada-based Filipino teacher (a cebuana at that)of children with special needs..her name is gemma labitan..she's been teaching in ontario for over 20 years..her dedication to her teaching profession is so overwhelming and i admired her for that.. she surpassed with grace all d difficulties that anyone could experience being in a whole new environment-- d loneliness, d culture shock, d cold weather, not to mention having to deal with special children and their parents from different races.. what's very striking to me in her sharing was her ability to turn against the tide of life's lowest moments..what would lift her up again is when she goes back to herself and comes to term with her identity, dignity and passion.. for her, in times like that it's just a matter of probing "Who am I?" quoting parker palmer, she said that a good teacher gives hearts to the students...teaching is a vocation and vocation is not a goal to achieve but a gift to receive ..teaching is a gift...

wish to receive such gift soon...