Words of a child..

I gave my kids an assignment to choose 10 events that have shaped their lives to this point and write about them in a book.  After realizing this was my favorite project I have ever given in my 6 years of teaching, I had to share some of the wisdom they came up with.  They are motivating words to live by!

Imagination is not a dark power.  It is magic.  You can practice it anywhere.  The best of imagination is that everyone has the power to do it.  Every person can perfect the skill.   ~Grace Chuang

In the stories, everyone gets along in the end.  What’s wrong with learning from the stories and doing that in real life?             ~Grace Chuang

I don't want to grow up, a child is always happier than an adult. Children can play and have imaginations, adults do the same thing everyday, it really scares me.            Eric Hsu

As for me, I’m the weird girl that takes too many pictures and laughs too much, because life comes with no guarantees and no second chances.            ~Annie Yang

Enjoy the little things in our lives, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.            ~Annie Yang

Life is just like that.  It has ups and downs, but it’s out choice to scream or enjoy the ride.            ~Annie Yang

The land of Oz is where I place my heart.

Memories are what nourish my soul.

That month,

I’ve learned a lot,

I laughed.

Oh,

How I laughed.

Sadly,

Things must end.

Oh,

How I cried.

Down and under is where my heart rests.

High and up is where my memories remain.

Kangaroo hops in my mind,

It jumps up so high I can touch the sky,

It comes down so low I can smell the dirt.

The surging tide upsets my mind.

It pushes my desires alive,

Yet the undercurrent,

Pulls me back to the reality.

I crumbled,

Australia is beckoning.                         ~Claire 

And last but not least from my favorite thinker...

We are all a little weird and life is a little weird,

And when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours,

We join up with them and fall in mutual weirdness and call it love.  

~Dr. Seuss