Muhammad Ali said that children make you want to start life over. That quote sums up exactly how I feel about my new job.. It was a chance to start over, and I certainly feel as though I have and I do, every single day.
I get up at 6am every morning to be greeted with cuddles and kisses, instead of deadlines and meeting schedules. For the first time in over eight years, I eat breakfast, I smoke less, and I haven’t had a drink in over a month.
I’ve made more than a few sacrifices to get here. But there is nothing I miss. Nothing I regret about making this decision.
- There are twenty two reasons why, that greet me every morning with smiling faces, and the question,
What are we going to do today?
I think the most beautiful thing about children is the innocence that allows them to greet each new day with excitement and hope. The answer to their question?
We can do, make, be, absolutely anything we want to.
Every child in that classroom believes in that statement, and in me.
And so do I.
Just reading this makes me happy :) I’m so glad your career change has bought with it so much joy for you.
Reading this makes me want to go out and have half a dozen children…. as soon as I learn the knack of self-propagation, that is! :)
Thanks Molli :) I know, I’m sooo broody now – all those kids make you want some of your own! (some days, anyway, other days they just make you wish to never have children!)