Tag: writing

• Old Thinking / New Thinking

  Old mind thinks: How do we stop these bad things from happening? New mind thinks: How do we make things the way we want them to be? Old mind thinks: If it didn’t work last year, let’s do MORE of it this year. New mind thinks: If it didn’t work last year, let’s do something…

  David L. Smith

  March 6, 2023

  Belief, consciousness, evolution, Perception, society, Transformation, Values

  abuse, bad, behavior, breakdown, constrain, control, creativity, crime, desire, discipline, fix, force, future, innovation, killing, law, limit, mind, more, new, problem, repair, solution, writing

• Teacher Appreciation

  I will forever love this photograph taken in my Mother’s freshman high school English Literature classroom in the late seventies (check out my teeth!). Mom — and Dad — were my very first teachers both in their professional and personal lives. I watched as they strived to recognize the assets in each student and bring…

  David L. Smith

  December 26, 2022

  Education

  challenge, change, classroom, compassion, English, family, gifts, High School, passion, poetry, school, Shakespeare, thrive, wisdom, writing