Adulthood is Underrated

I long to accomplish a great task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble. –Hellen Keller

This quote has been a great inspiration to me as I begin my career as a school counselor and take on challenges like learning children's names, greeting students in the morning, preventing cafeteria collisions, writing lesson plans, and trying to listen to three or four students at a time over the low roar of the lunchroom. It probably doesn't sound like much, but I already feel the love when the Pre-K kids give me "finger waves" as they march past in the hallway, when the younger students give me hugs and high fives before leaving in the afternoon, and when the older students save me seats beside them at lunch. Hopefully, for a few of my students, those small gestures will add up to a life changing relationship over time. And that's great and noble enough for me.