It is in vain that you rise up early
and go late to rest,
eating the bread of anxious toil;
for he gives to his beloved sleep. Psalm 127:2Â Â (RSV)
Reflection
“How do you do it?†I asked a friend. We’re sitting at an afternoon tea honoring adjuncts. My paper plate is stacked with small squares of cheese and a meager number of strawberries because the unborn baby squeezed underneath my swollen abdomen demands that I eat or feel sick. Fat or protein seems to work the best.
“My students have so many needs, and I tend to pour myself into my teaching. How do you keep your son priority?†She laughs and tells me it will happen naturally, and there is some truth to that, but there was something else I was learning as well. [Read more…] about Releasing the Helm: Letting Go of “Excellence in All Things†(Scholar’s Compass)