An understanding heart is everything in a teacher, and cannot be esteemed highly enough. One looks back with appreciation to the brilliant teachers, but with gratitude to those who touched our human feeling. The curriculum is so much necessary raw material, but warmth is the vital element for the growing plant and for the soul of the child.
Carl Jung
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Warmth exuded in the act of teaching is like removing an overhanging branch to allow the light and warmth of the sun to strike those gorgeous roses!
Beautiful description. Everything is miserable without warmth – why not teaching?
I agree. My favorite teachers were not the wisest . . . they were the warmest. 😀
Maybe they were really also the wisest though?
Excellent point, Trish. 😀
Paula posted a wonderful video about the contribution teachers make:
Enjoy it!
Thanks Nancy – I really liked that.
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Amen to that and those roses look so loving. 😉