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y were both able to say i m sorry quite easily when i asked them to say i forgive you it was a different story it took them both about a minute of hemming and hawing before they would say i forgive you to each other i asked them to look at each other when they did it they both teared up when that happened and i could tell they were being sincere i talked to them about how important people are and how we should never treat someone they way they treated each other today we talked about new options for when this kind of situation arises next time i hope they can still be friends after today this made me think of a couple of things the first is that i think we are taught to say i m sorry when we are little we are told to apologize when we hurt someone it s so important to apologize when we have hurt or offended someone else i don t think however that we are taught to forgive how many parents say say you re sorry to one child and then that s the end of it everything is all right because the wrong doer apologized the wronged child doesn t know what to do with that apology some kids will say it s ok but the words i forgive you are extremely powerful they are saying i am consciously letting go of the pain and hurt you caused me so that you and i are both free katherine piderman said generally forgiveness is a decision to let go of resentment and thoughts of revenge the act that hurt or offended you may always remain a part of your life but forgiveness can lessen its grip on you and help you focus on other positive parts of your life forgiveness can even lead to feelings of understanding empathy and compassion for the one who hurt you forgiveness doesn t mean that you deny the other person s responsibility for hurting you and it doesn t minimize or justify the wrong you can forgive the person without excusing the act forgiveness brings a kind of peace that helps you go on with life honestly i feel like the words i m sorry free only one person in the equation and that s the wrong doer for both parties to be free from whatever action was taken the wrong doer needs to apologize so he she is free from guilt and the wronged needs to forgive so he she is free from anger and resentment the other thing it made me think about was how sad i was that my students would treat each other like that regardless of the offense i was heartbroken that they were so angry with each other and would take actions like they would kill each other i really love my kids i love them so so much when i had the discussion with them about how important every person is i almost teared up it helped me in a very small degree understand how sad heavenly father is when we are unkind and unforgiving to our brothers and sisters every person is so important and so loved it doesn t matter the offense every person is important and is a child of god i guess what i took from today was 1 to teach my children how to forgive and 2 understand that every person is a child of god and he is sad when we treat each other unkindly forgiveness means that problems of the past no longer dictate our destinies and we can focus on the future with god s love in our hearts elder david e sorenson posted by emilie at 2 36 pm 2 comments tuesday september 27 2011 success to me i am officially a music teacher honestly when someone asks me what i do i have a little bit of pride when i tell them that i am a music teacher there is something very honorable in the profession of a music teacher and it took me a really long time to become one i have now been teaching for about two months and i have a few stories to share that fill me with joy and have taught me some important lessons the first day of kindergarten the children followed after me in a line while i sang to them and we formed a circle and all sat down i went around the circle and looked each child in the eyes and through a song asked them to sing their name for me there was one boy especially that looked completely terrified when i sang to him when the time came for him to sing back he burst into tears he began talking in spanish and asking for different people all i could do was give him a hug and tell him esta bien i didn t know what he was saying and i didn t know how to communicate back to him that everything was all right in that class he has been my worry a couple classes later he actually smiled while we were playing a game i felt so good after that class the class before this last class i taught them a spanish song about trains he loved it he was smiling the whole time and played the game along with everyone he even laughed a couple times and finally this last class period i decided it should be a game day where the children picked their favorite music games and we would play them as a class he raised his hand and said chucu choo choo i was so proud of him we played the game he smiled at me so many times that day what is success i found my definition that day i teach six classes of special education each week every class has a large range of children with different disabilities in each class period i sing a song to each child and look them in the eyes while i hold their hand or touch their knee or their foot there are some children that jerk away at my touch until i begin singing and then they calm down there are some children that get so excited for their turn that they can t hold it in and they yell out while i am singing to the child in front of them i have children that are completely immobile in wheelchairs and all they can do outwardly is smile or cry it is amazing to sing to them and hold their hands and have them smile so big it permeates the entire room last class period i found another definition of success at the end of every class with those children i sing peace like a river with sign language every once in a while a child will sing along but usually i am singing it for them and they watch sometimes last class period almost every child in that class was trying to do the sign language and singing along with me what a beautiful sight that was my heart was full i have a first grade class that is unruly to say the least i have been praying for that class specifically since i started teaching i have not been able to figure out how to help several of the children to give an example while i was teaching one day two boys began fighting one of them ran up to me and said that the other one had called him a motherf_____ the other boy repeated what the first said they both went to the principal s office a couple class periods ago i had a thought that i know came from my heavenly father one of the boys was acting up so much that i couldn t teach the class i asked him to come be my helper he came and sat by me and i told him to watch for children who were being especially good and then he was supposed to write their names down on a piece of paper for his teacher when she came to pick them up he took his task seriously by the end of class he had ten names down he literally beamed when i told his teacher that he was the one who had found the names i have more work to do with the class but that was my definition for success that day i was thinking about my definition of success the other day i was trying to determine what i want my students to get out of music class i feel like the push is for the children to understand solfa and to know how to read rhythms yes that is important however what i want for the children in my music class is 1 for them to feel loved and accepted 2 to find that they can be successful at something and 3 to learn to love music if they don t like music what is the point of teaching them how to read a rhythm if they don t feel loved why would they feel like what i have to teach is important if they are not successful at something they will give up on life that is why i teach music not because i expect you to major in music not because i expect you to play or sing all your life not so you can relax or have fun but so you will be human so you will recognize beauty so you will be sensitive so you will be closer to an infinite beyond this world so you will have something to cling to so you will have more love more compassion more gentleness more good in short more life of what value will it be to make a prosperous living unless you know how to live author unknown i love being a music teacher because it helps me to be better at life while i am teaching those children music they are teaching me life posted by emilie at 12 34 am 5 comments monday october 25 2010 lessons i ve learned from peter matthew 14 24 33 24 but the ship was now in the midst of the sea tossed with waves for the wind was contrary 25 and a in the fourth watch of the night jesus went unto them walking on the sea 26 and when the disciples saw him walking on the sea they were troubled saying it is a spirit and they cried out for fear 27 but straightway jesus spake unto them saying be of good a cheer it is i be not afraid 28 and peter answered him and said lord if it be thou bid me come unto thee on the water 29 and he said come and when peter was come down out of the ship he walked on the water to go to jesus 30 but when he saw the wind boisterous he was a afraid and beginning to sink he cried saying lord save me 31 and immediately jesus stretched forth his hand and caught him and said unto him o thou of little a faith wherefore didst thou b doubt 32 and when they were come into the ship the wind ceased 33 then they that were in the ship came and worshipped him saying of a truth thou art the son of god lessons learned 1 it was peter s idea to walk on the water peter was looking for a miracle the lord didn t walk on the water to test peter peter walked on the water to challenge his own faith 2 peter didn t rely on past experiences he only looked to the lord peter was a fisherman he was out on the sea constantly he knew what the sea was like when the winds were blowing he didn t rely on his own past experience with the sea he looked to the lord and used him as an example 3 peter had the faith necessary to actually walk on the water he did it he actually walked on the water what great faith peter had 4 he only began to sink when he stopped looking at the lord we are all in the midst of high winds and tumultuous circumstances we must always look to the lord to remain afloat 5 when peter began to sink the lord immediately stretched forth his hand to lift peter back up the lord is there to help us succeed when we don t we need to cry for his help and he will immediately stretch forth his hand that is always there to help us when we don t have the strength to help ourselves mormon 9 11 but behold i will show unto you a god of miracles even the god of abraham and the god of isaac and the god of jacob and it is that same god who created the heavens and the earth and all things that in them are let us be a people that look for miracles in our lives the lord has certainly shown us he will produce them posted by emilie at 10 45 pm 3 comments wednesday october 20 2010 every every minute the last few days have been a bit difficult for me i have had way more things to be grateful for than i had to be upset about but i was upset i did not focus on the positive i wallowed in my bad mood i had happy moments don t get me wrong i was just having a hard time choosing to be happy today was another day where i was upset i was tired when i woke up this morning so i didn t want to go to school my ride to salt lake was late picking me up there was traffic on the freeway i was tired in class so it was all i could do to just write down the bare minimum of what the professor was talking about i left my backpack in the class after it was over so i had to go back to get it on top of all of that on the way to get the car registered it ran out of gas this is the second time in three weeks my ride s car ran out of gas at least this time it wasn t on the freeway i got out and ran and pushed the owner of the vehicle also got out and ran and pushed while he steered the car three gentlemen ran up and helped us push the car about a mile down the road i tell you what if you need a good workout push a car while running for about a mile it tears your lungs apart that s exactly what it did when we finally got gas in the car the owner couldn t hold in whatever he had for breakfast and i followed suit about ten minutes later i took the owner home to his apartment so he could rest while i took his car and went to class the key got stuck in the ignition i could not get the key out i was so frustrated i ended up leaving the keys in the ignition while i went in for class that s when my whole outlook changed today was devotional day in concert choir i sat back arms folded ready for anything ha her devotional was on finding joy in the journey it was based off of president monson s talk with the same title the first story she told was this some of you may be familiar with thornton wilder s classic drama our town if you are you will remember the town of grover s corners where the story takes place in the play emily webb dies in childbirth and we read of the lonely grief of her young husband george left with their four year old son emily does not wish to rest in peace she wants to experience again the joys of her life she is granted the privilege of returning to earth and reliving her 12th birthday at first it is exciting to be young again but the excitement wears off quickly the day holds no joy now that emily knows what is in store for the future it is unbearably painful to realize how unaware she had been of the meaning and wonder of life while she was alive before returning to her resting place emily laments do human beings ever realize life while they live it every every minute it definitely helps that the main character s name is emily that story spoke right to my heart i have been so ungrateful lately i need to stop relax and experience life in the moment after she gave that devotional i was holding a drink in my hand during our warmup in choir it started vibrating because of the sounds that the basses were making it was awesome let me start over with my day this morning i was tired because i had such a fun time laughing with my roommates last night i have a ride to salt lake that takes me every week i left my backpack in the classroom because my hands were full of a gift someone had given me in class when we got the car registered i stopped and played with the cutest puppies i ve ever seen in my life when our car ran out of gas three gentlemen came and pushed and ran with the owner and i what a blessing today really has been an incredibly blessed day i am so grateful for today this is our one and only chance at mortal life here and now the longer we live the greater is our realization that it is brief opportunities come and then they are gone i believe that among the greatest lessons we are to learn in this short sojourn upon the earth are lessons that help us distinguish between 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