Hello, God, and thanks for the opportunities that I'm going to have today--the chances to work with other people, to help young people to learn, to enjoy their perspectives and feedback and effort. I really do appreciate the opportunity to be a teacher and to work with students who are doing their best to learn and to grow and to become something more than they are right now.
As you know, there are other elements in my life that have come up, especially concerning the school and its financial situation. The school is very broke, and that means that my days there are probably numbered. While I would be more than fine staying there, the lack of money there means that they'll need to do anything they can to save money, which probably means a very short tenure for me there. I have applied for a completely different job in a different district, and I do ask you to be with me during the process of that application. Financially, that job would be a great boon to Terry and me, and professionally it would mean an awful lot to me to be able to do new work that would affect more students and teachers in positive ways.
While I usually don't ask you for specific things--normally I'll just ask that your will be done--I would like to ask you for this new job. I don't want to spend another year getting to know these kids and then having to leave them after two short years. That's what has happened at two schools so far, and it's been very painful. Plus, as I said, the financial change would be very helpful to Terry and me, as we would be able to put money into retirement and pay off the debt that we have and take care of many other things that need to be taken care of. This job would be a wonderful opportunity to expand my own horizons and to help expand the horizons of many teachers and students, too. I know that I can do this job very, very well, and I would love the chance to tackle new challenges in my life.
That said, I won't resent you if I don't get it. I'm not asking with expectations. I'm just letting you know that this is something that I would definitely love to do, and something that would be very positive for me, Terry, and the people with whom I would work. I could bring a lot to this job, and I could do it very well. You know that in my life I've rarely pursued anything passionately, as there's always been fear that I would do so and then not get what I hoped to get. This time, I want to picture myself there, waking up on a chilly October morn in the mountains, walking to work in the brisk fall air, enjoying myself immensely while doing work that's very important and very beneficial to others.
A reply:
You've done what you can as far as actions are concerned. You've applied and you've written the letters you've needed to write. What will happen will happen for your best--and that's not to say that it's predestined or that you need to set yourself up for disappointment. There's a very good chance that what will happen will be that you get your job; there's a very good chance that you'll stay where you are and work with the kids you're working with now. My ways of doing things don't include predicting your future for you. But I would say this: keep having the positive thoughts, keep on envisioning yourself having that job and doing good for others. Much of the power of determining directions in your life I have given to you--it all isn't in my hands. Some of it is in your hands, in your minds. That other school district needs someone good, and yes, you are good at what you do, and you would be good to them. You also know that there are other people in this world who would be good for them, too. So do all that you can to make things work, and let go of the need to try to control things, the need to try to make things happen. Be ready to accept, be ready to love the results. Either way this goes, you will be fine.
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