New Beginnings - Self Reflections

Yes, as the saying goes "life is what you make it." But in order to make it what you want you have to know what it is that you want. I believe that like myself, many people struggle with this notion. As life goes on it catches up with you and eventually you lose yourself in the perpetual motion of it. Some continue to stay true to themselves and others can't remember who they once were. I am one of the people that lost myself-identity and am on the way to recovering it.
Out of the depths of our souls, deep beneath the political bull shit, the consistent nagging of the media and the noise that surrounds us there is a stillness. A quietness that if you just allow yourself to listen you may be surprised at what you find. After leading a group of teachers in a professional development session I found myself truly unhappy. Not because they were coming back from vacation and I had worked 40 + hours over the summer developing curriculum, but because I had lost the root cause of why education is so meaningful to me. Throughout the past few years education has become so much about everything and anything but the children. We hear all the time about these teachers lost their pensions; states are having to retain poor teachers due to unionized teacher contracts; charter schools performing better traditional schools and vice versa. On and on it goes. But, when do we as educators really stop the noise and take a look at ourselves and think what is really going on here? Why did I get into this profession in the first place? What I can do to help the children? What do I know works and how can I share this with others?
After the conundrum you feel lost, depleted with nothing left to give. That is why my path began to veer away from education and began to focus upon the people of this world (our planet earth). We are all united. We all have the same bone structure, cell structure and physical attributes. We are all here trying to make this world a better place. A place in which we can live and make it better for future generations. We, people of all nationalities, are here on earth to serve one purpose - to live our lives the way we want and to contribute to making our planet a place that is safe, comfortable and sustainable.
Since I didn't feel as if my deeds were leading me towards my goals in life I decided to reach out to all humanity and begin this life journey with a small store called Planetary Nations. My dream is to unite people so that together we can make a difference in each others lives. I want a positive energy to flow through all of us so that we can create a better place for all humanity. I decided to work with Fair Trade Federation producers and wholesalers so that all of the goods I sell are able to assist people all over the world that are working to improve their lives through equitable and fair working conditions. In return their goods are then sold to people that can embrace the beauty and uniqueness of the item and positive energy can begin to flourish throughout the world.