Imagine you've just spent two nights away from home supervising over forty kids on a class trip. It's also that time of year with cold weather and darker mornings and evenings. You've had less sleep than usual and are in the middle of helping said forty kids retrieve their luggage from a bus while drivers continue to drive past the bus ignoring the teachers, parents and kids in their way. (Don't get me wrong the class trip was good but this is how negative I was feeling at that moment).
Then imagine that a pupil from your colleague's class strides up to you with a big smile on her face and a huge sunflower in her hand "For you miss, thank you for the trip." I could have cried. I hadn't even learnt her name and there she was with a sunflower for all of us - it made my day. It also reminded me to start being more mindful again and thankful for what people do for me.
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