Rewarding day. I'm discovering a job that I feel contributes to a better society. Somehow I don't feel that as much working at Starbucks. I have a feeling that it would seem that way working any corporate or business job. Obviously there is a need for all kinds of laborers in our society, and in any society, and that justifies their necessity. But if I am to get paid and make a living, as it were, the world of education seems so valuable to me.
Today I worked with three autistic kids, a couple of wheelchair/non-verbal kids and a lovely boy with dark curls that had some undefined problem. They were all too beautiful. And it was so easy to love them and be with them and work with them. It is not a glamourous job, but so worth it in the end, I'm sure.
I've done much special education over the past two months, and will likely do much more. I didn't think it was something I'd enjoy and feel comfortable with. But it is. I have much love and respect for Daniel, my brother-in-law, whenever I am doing this. I feel that I can relate to his experience and his heart.
A little choked up at the thought of it. I'm brought to tears nearly with many interactions I have with these kids. And someone needs to love them. So why not me?
11.08.2005
Glamour.
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4 comments:
so good to hear, isaiah.
this past summer some of my favorite conversations (at weddings, bbqs etc.) have been with Special Education Teachers.
they seem to be a warm cross section of society that i naturally gravitate towards...
have you ever read any jean vanier, or henri nouwen?
I think you'd really like what they write.
I know some people who work with the disabled and have become a bit cynical and disenchanted, but these men didn't.
That kind of compassion and love is a gift.
perhaps it is....but i've often thought of them as living in an illusion, in a way deluding themselves about their effectiveness and importance.... sorry if that offends, but it is the way i see a lot of special ed workers.
Your comment, Thomas, is nothing if not welcome. I have no desire to live in any kind of illusion. In general this world is a kind of illusion until the scales fall and things become clear. Life is forever correcting the blurry vision that those scales caused.
Let me not delude myself that I am of any greater worth or importance than everyone else because of what God Himself has called me to.
More later on the blog.
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