Community

We were not created to live alone. We were not created to deal with death. We were created to live in community with eachother sharing our lives and everything we have. Sharing our hearts, our emotions, our mundane.

But in today's world, it is so hard to have that. People mess with other peoples' hearts. People don't think it matters what you do. People wonder why they always feel alone and are always searching for the next new thing out there.

Because we're not supposed to be isolated. We're not supposed to have to build walls just so we don't get hurt (again). We need to tear these walls down and build real relationships where we share with eachother, where we spend time with eachother.

I think one of the best parts of India is tea time. Where we all head to the staff lounge for tea/coffee, a snack, and conversation. Where we talk to people instead of sitting in our office, isolated from the rest of the school. I thoroughly enjoy talking to people, whether they're the same people I talk to everyday or someone I just happen to see every few days. It's good to hear how their work is going and to get out of "band world" for a bit.

It's good to step outside ourself and be there for a friend who needs us. To say "it might not feel good today, but it will pass". It's good to be able to say "well, we're all busy today, but November is right around the corner". To be there for someone else. This is one reason India has a leg up on the world. Most schools teachers get into the staff lounge after a huge day with too many students and gripe. But here, yea we gripe, that's true, but more often we go up there and we talk to each other like people. That's kind of nice.

This has no point. I'm really busy, and sometimes stressing, and sometimes crying over the dumb stuff, but even just the small breaks in the staff lounge are a great release and a chance to be a person amidst all the "teacher" that I have to be.

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