David Lee

24 Hours a Day

Meditation for the Day

Functioning on a material plane alone takes me away from God. I must also try to function on a spiritual plane. Functioning on a spiritual plane as well as on a material plane will make life what it should be. All material activities are valueless in themselves alone. But all activities, seemingly trivial or of seemingly great moment, are all alike if directed by God’s guidance. I must try to obey God as I would expect a faithful, willing servant to carry out directions.

Prayer of the Day

I pray that the flow of God’s spirit may come to me through many channels. I pray that I may function on a spiritual plane as well as on a material plane.

Language of Letting Go

Releasing

Let fears slip away. Release any negative, limiting, or self-defeating beliefs buried in your subconscious too. These beliefs may be about life, love, or yourself. Beliefs create reality.

Let go. From as deep within as your fears, resentments, and negative beliefs are stored, let them all go. Let the belief or feeling surface. Accept it; surrender to it. Feel the discomfort or unrest. Then let it go. Let new beliefs replace the old. Let peace and joy and love replace fear.

Give yourself and your body permission to let go of fears, resentments, and negative beliefs. Release that which is no longer useful. Trust that you are being healed and prepared for receiving what is good.

Today, God, help me become willing to let go of old beliefs and feelings that may be hurting me. Gently take them from me and replace them with new beliefs and feelings. I do deserve the best life and love has to offer. Help me believe that.

As I examined the night sky tonight and with the reminder from a fellow teacher, I realized the full moon is upon us. Whether or not it directly affects people as once thought remains to be seen. But heading into mid-week with a couple of classes of elementary students, it’s at least worth making note of for reference.

I did a bit of research and came up with this historical basis from the History Channel’s website:

Full moons make you crazy.

Since ancient times, full moons have been associated with odd or insane behavior, including sleepwalking, suicide, illegal activity, fits of violence and, of course, transforming into werewolves. Indeed, the words “lunacy” and “lunatic” come from the Roman goddess of the moon, Luna, who was said to ride her silver chariot across the dark sky each night. For thousands of years, doctors and mental health professionals believed in a strong connection between mania and the moon. Hippocrates, considered the father of modern medicine, wrote in the fifth century B.C. that “one who is seized with terror, fright and madness during the night is being visited by the goddess of the moon.” In 18th-century England, people on trial for murder could campaign for a lighter sentence on grounds of lunacy if the crime occurred under a full moon; meanwhile, psychiatric patients at London’s Bethlehem Hospital were shackled and flogged as a preventive measure during certain lunar phases. Even today, despite studies discrediting the hypothesis, some people think full moons make everyone a little loony.

And best I can figure, the History Channel is to be trusted, so it does indeed have a historical basis. I’ll keep that in mind tomorrow for my half-day of teaching young minds. If there is bizarre behavior, I will be able to contribute it to nothing more than the current moon phase. I don’t need to take it so personally…..This too shall pass.

David Lee

Today is the first day this school year I won’t be going into work. My granddaughter has a “Grandparents’ Breakfast” at her preschool this morning and I’m taking off work to attend that event. Work is sixteen miles away from my home and her preschool is about six miles the opposite direction, so it was logistically nearly impossible to do both.

While I’m very much looking forward to attending the grandparents’ function, I do have some amount of worry about the students I leave behind at school. I’m in a mobile classroom (better known as a trailer) and my first class has thirty-one students, so it’s a bit of a stretch for a sub to handle. I did make sure the secretary got a teacher who was familiar with our school and students.

So here it is, five minutes before she’ll have that large class…and yes, I’m already wondering how things will go. Above all else, I know I have absolutely no control over what goes on there this day and that it’s a total waste of time to give it much thought. I think it’s normal for any teacher to have these meanderings on days when they’re not a school It’s not so much that the lesson plans aren’t ones that are easily followed, but more about how the students will choose to behave.

Back in my subbing days, one principal at the end of the day said “As long as the school didn’t burn down, you did your job.” And such will be the case today I’m hoping. May the force be with them all.

David Lee