The Good Life

We have had two meetings in our social skills group and it has been amazing. The students are ridiculously sweet and funny and have been opening up more and more to each other and to me. The first week we took turns introducing a partner and the second we explored the things that made us happy and the things we wanted from life. To be entirely honest, I have learned so much about myself by talking to these kids about their dreams and goals. It has been so interesting to hear a different culture's perspective on what's important in life; what the good life means to different people, the dreams different children dream- and those we dream the same. We are going to continue to talk about this idea of a "good life"and what we can do to build one for ourselves throughout our meetings. I think these are the most important questions for all of us, to search for where our hearts are calling us and what we need to do to make sure we get there. Seeing them wrestle with these things made me want to continue to wrestle with them myself. I feel so blessed to be able to help them explore their hearts and their dreams and the fact that I get to learn so much about myself and a different way of life while doing it is almost too good to be true.