improvised wisdom.
this week we said a reluctanct good-bye to 26 of our students. each of them is returning to the world that we have tried so desperately to protect them from and prepare them for. some will be heading to college, some will join the job-corps, and some have decided that things would work out best if they just fended for themselves.
each chose a path that they felt best suited them...please god don't let those choices be mistakes.
the moment has come and gone in which you cling to them one last time as tightly as possible, whisper in their ears a few more tid-bits of advice and improvised wisdom you've collected through out your own years:
"believe in who you are, and don't let people change you"
"remember where you came from"
"don't forget that love is always the best possible option"
"you always have a place of acceptance right here"
"take chances, but don't be stupid"
"don't let your pride prevent you from hearing good advice"
maybe the work you've done will not have been in vain...
your only hope is that sometime in the past few years and maybe even in that final moment, something sinks in. something hits home with them so much so that they diligently carry it with them and allow it to guide them along their way. by chance it's not just your voice speaking from within, hopefully your voice is being drowned out by the still small voice of the ONE who knows them best. that would be nice.
it's all a hit or miss isn't it?
watching helplessly as these few leave and forcing yourself to say farewell makes the anticipation grow for those moments that you have yet to experience with the ones that remain. while those moments are in fact numbered, you still have the chance to pull them aside and whisper a few tid-bits of advice and improvised wisdom into their lives.
maybe it will take. maybe it won't. we'll see i guess.
jared.
each chose a path that they felt best suited them...please god don't let those choices be mistakes.
the moment has come and gone in which you cling to them one last time as tightly as possible, whisper in their ears a few more tid-bits of advice and improvised wisdom you've collected through out your own years:
"believe in who you are, and don't let people change you"
"remember where you came from"
"don't forget that love is always the best possible option"
"you always have a place of acceptance right here"
"take chances, but don't be stupid"
"don't let your pride prevent you from hearing good advice"
maybe the work you've done will not have been in vain...
your only hope is that sometime in the past few years and maybe even in that final moment, something sinks in. something hits home with them so much so that they diligently carry it with them and allow it to guide them along their way. by chance it's not just your voice speaking from within, hopefully your voice is being drowned out by the still small voice of the ONE who knows them best. that would be nice.
it's all a hit or miss isn't it?
watching helplessly as these few leave and forcing yourself to say farewell makes the anticipation grow for those moments that you have yet to experience with the ones that remain. while those moments are in fact numbered, you still have the chance to pull them aside and whisper a few tid-bits of advice and improvised wisdom into their lives.
maybe it will take. maybe it won't. we'll see i guess.
jared.
i'd like to think they're listening...
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