Although I am not necessarily a rule follower, I often let guilt control my decisions. Today all of the teachers had a full-size candy bar in their box with a note, "Teacher Appreciation Week- Thanks for all you do for Valley View!!- The Office Staff :)" I was a bit disappointed to find Starbursts in my box. A colleague, who I knew was gone today, had Peanut M & Ms in her box, so I traded my Starbursts for her M&Ms. When I returned to my room, I felt guilty enough to call the office staff and tell them what I had done. After a few minutes I felt even more guilty and returned to switch the candies back and of course told the office staff that I had returned them. Because of my honesty (guilt), later in the day, the office staff put Peanut M&Ms in my box, so I had two candy bars today.
Today I went back to the interweb to find out what I could post about that would relate to sankalpa . "...Sankalpa has the potential to release tremendous power by clearly defining and focusing on a chosen goal." My chosen goal since May has truly been on being physically active. Since it's cold and miserable out, I've been being active inside instead of outside. December 6th (or something like that) was the last time I ventured outside for physical activity. I, however, have still been going to they gym and focusing on being physically fit (or at least burning enough calories to eat more food). Yesterday I received an early morning text from a friend in God's Country . President Obama was talking about "The President's Challenge" . Today (I tried yesterday and decided to put it off until today... forget out it... let it happen... put it aside... clear my mind of it... all probably sankalpa) I formed a group. The...
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have made the swap with no guilt whatsoever.
There's no way we can feel appreciated with starbursts. And the whole point is that we're supposed to feel appreciated. So, I'm glad you got 2 tokens of appreciation, but I think you can easily release the guilt in this type of scenario.
and ps. I appreciate you! As a great blogger and phenomenal teacher.