What We Focus On Expands
“The greatest discovery of my generation is that man can alter his life simply by altering his attitude of mind.” As a teacher, I learnt very quickly that times tables, and repetitive learning of information would not catch the attention of my students, and I decided to adopt the lost art of storytelling back into my lessons. I was filled with joy to see the students sitting forward listening in their chairs and asking questions and pondering some of the very important questions of life. This taught me very quickly that there is always more than one way to look at a situation and sometimes it is worth looking outside of the box to get the answer that we need. Often life can seem like it is moving very quickly, with lots of decisions, yet very few real options. This is where we really must take the time to take a few deep breaths and in fact give ourselves the space and time to reflect on the important aspects of life. When thinking about the Mind and Meaning Pillar of Life,