This blog began with my librarian journey in 2008.It’s named for my disheveled barnyard in Radnor, PA.Our fixer-upper is an old carriage house with barns that was converted into a home.My husband placed a blue tarp on the worst of the roofs and claims he is going to take time off to work on it.My neighbors often ask when rehab will begin.So far it's been 5 years...Only 10mi from Philly, I’m amazed at the wildlife our barn attracts—bats, owls, raccoons, skunks, foxes, deer, and insects galore.
"Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary."
Melissa Singleton Josef is an MLIS K-12 certified teacher librarian and author of The Suburban Barnyard as well as an environmental education resource blog called The Green Room. She is passionate about education and information literacy in all of its evolving formats as well as good old traditional love of reading. She is eclectic in her interests from science to art and graduated from the University of Delaware in 1991 with an undergraduate BAAS degree majoring in English/Business and Technical Writing and minoring in Fine Arts. She has traveled throughout Asia and the Pacific Islands, the Caribbean, and Europe and speaks both French and Japanese. She is currently in search of a full-time teaching position and spends her time writing novels, children's books, blogging, job searching, and substitute teaching PT in all teaching positions K-12.
Green resources For teachers from books to DVDs to the web -- a work in progress. Contributions and suggestions are welcome!!!
Friday, September 30, 2011
Living a Life That is Full of Kindness & Generosity
White Paper Origami Peace Cranes -- Legend says that making 1000 grants you a wish come true. Making long chains of the cranes became popular after WWII when young Sadako began making them in order to try and heal herself from radiation sickness after the atomic bombs fell on Japan. They are now an international symbol of PEACE.
We all leave this world the same way that we came into it –
stark naked and with nothing in our hands. In reality material wealth means absolutely nothing at
all. We will be remembered not for
what we have, but for whom we have touched in life. Those who live a life of generosity in all that they do may
not amass great personal material wealth, but they will leave a lasting
footprint on many hearts. Think
about how much better our world would be if everyone tried to live a life based
on trying to amass greater points of kindness and generosity rather than
personal wealth? What if the
bumper sticker that is so popular “he who dies with the most toys wins” were
changed to “he who dies with the most random acts of kindness wins”? Now that would be a challenge!
Famous quote by Mother Teresa at the feet of a statue of her on the famous St. Charles #1 Catholic Cemetery in New Orleans, LA.
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