Regaining Focus

I woke up to see this light on my bedroom door. It was fairly large about 6" tall by 2' wide. I kept staring at it and trying to figure out what it was.  Was it a burgle in the house? The flashlight just holding steady and reflecting on my bedroom door? All these crazy thoughts were going through my head. Then I put on my glasses. The reflection changed, it was only about 1/2" tall by 4" wide. I got up to investigate and found one of the kids had left the speakers in their bathroom and the little pin LED light was being reflected off of my door. It suddenly hit me. How many times have I in my teaching lost focus? How many times have I looked at a something in my classroom and it seemed ginormous? Too many to count actually, if I'm honest. Sometimes our problems seem so big and overwhelming and then we put on our glasses and focus. Well, actually something like what just happened to me makes you stop, step back, and take a minute to focus and see the problem is not huge like we thought. It is a pin light. And when we see the pin light it is easy to fix, we know the interventions to use, or the center that needs a little reworking to get children interested and learning again, or just that we need to start each day with hugging and saying something special to that child and giving high fives for accomplishments to that child. It seems so much better when things are in focus, so step back, take a breath, count to 10 the next time something is overwhelming and remember when you gain focus, it's just a pin light reflection out of focus. 

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