The littlest thing makes the biggest difference
I was going to write this last week but for some reason I procrastinated. Perhaps there was a good reason.
When, as a middle school principal, I have one of those days and they do happen there is a place I love to go to get that pick me up.
Believe it or not, it’s my cafeteria during lunches. I know it sounds crazy but lunch duty is a smile maker and a stress breaker.
Walking around and chatting with any number of the sixth through eighth graders, about almost anything does my soul wonders. Perhaps it is the sixth graders who still have a sense of elementary innocence and talk about everything. Maybe it’s the seventh graders and their silly, playful nature. Then again the eighth graders have a more sophisticated sense of humor and converse in a manner that foreshadows their transition to adulthood.
Either way I love the energy, the joyous noise and just being with the young adults in my building.
Lunch duty is the little thing I need to just make my day!
