I've decided that taking a job in a new school (and in a new state too!) is just like getting a pair of brand new shoes.
When you first get the shoes, you think how lovely and pretty they are and what a delightful choice you've made. And then fall comes around and it's time to wear the new shoes. And suddenly you realize that these new shoes aren't as comfortable as your old sneakers. You're not as steady on your feet now and the process of breaking them in is difficult and sometimes painful. You can't wait to get home and take the shoes off and rub where the blisters have formed.
And yet. The only way to be comfortable in these shoes is to keep wearing them until you've made all the right cracks in the leather, until you've endured through all the newness and the discomfort.
And then hopefully one day you'll walk around comfortably and feel like these shoes have always been a part of you...
Not Modern Enough to Use Modern Conveniences
9 months ago
8 comments:
Aaaww Sarah. Just keep walking, just keep walking, just keep walking, walking, walking... Hang in there!! --Rebekah
I hear that. I'm moving to a new city tomorrow to start the whole process. It's rough, but your right, you just gotta break em in and it will be "as comfy as the old sneeks."
GOOD LUCK: )
As long as you have SOLE you'll make it!! Love you, Mom
Shoes smoos ya'all is talkin' cowboy(girl) boots. You are gonna need a bronko or bull or rattlesnake to break that job wide open ye ha yippie i a
Lots of thoughts are with you. You are an incredible teacher and an amazing person. You will get through this and learn a whole bunch! Hugs
~JO
You have done a great job before and will continue to be a FANTASTIC teacher! Just take each day as it comes.
~JM
hmm love the analogy but...how do you like your new job?!??!? lol
Do I hear a hint of "I'm not sure I should have taken this job" here?
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