Brevity may be a good thing to use in writing, but it isn’t the easiest thing to comply with when you are planting seeds. In order to reap a harvest, an enormous investment of time and energy must take place (Widdicombe, 2008). Escavating, digging, depositing, watering, nurturing, pruning--each step in the process of sowing takes patience and great care. I can remember, at the young age of twelve years, standing before a group of children between the ages of 7 and 10 years old, imparting Biblical Principles to them from a Sunday School Lesson. By the time I reached the age of fourteen years old, I was standing before my peers discussing the deep theories of scripture and nurturing their beliefs towards Truth. English Clergyman, Julius Charles Hare (2011), quotes “Be what you are. This is the first step toward becoming better than you are.” A teacher, in my opinion, is one who plants seeds of information into fertile minds. I am confident that my truest personal and professional calling in life is to educate people in any and every opportunity that I am afforded.
Widdicombe, L. (2008, February 25). Say It All in Six Words. SMITH Magazine. Retrieved from http://www.newyorker.com/talk/2008/02/25/080225ta_talk_widdicombe#ixzz1A5xDdfSs.
Julius Charles Hare. (n.d.). BrainyQuote.com. Retrieved January 5, 2011, from BrainyQuote.com Web site: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/j/juliuschar104302.html.