Don’t ever forget that you’re a citizen of this world, and there are things you can do to lift the human spirit, things that are easy, things that are free, things that you can do every day. Civility, respect, kindness, character. You’re too good for schadenfreude, you’re too good for gossip and snark, you’re too good for intolerance—and since you’re walking into the middle of a presidential election, it’s worth mentioning that you’re too good to think people who disagree with you are your enemy.

via Remarks by Aaron Sorkin ’83 at Syracuse University’s 158th Commencement and the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry’s 115th Commencement.

Stuffed aubergine.
Mixed grill (for 2)
(Free) Fruit salad.

All the food was really good and I managed to stick to whole foods which was nice.

http://www.saraycafebar.co.uk/

5 minutes walk. We’re spoilt round here.

That is has always not been my fault that it has happened this way (as with so many things). That the way it has turned out has been outside of my control.

Yet, this year has been different. Not perfect but far from the anonymous days I’ve experienced in the past. I have realised that what happens on this day (as with so many things) is completely inside of my control.

There is always something you can do. You just have to realise it.

Today is a good day.

(And, I was open and honest about my past today. There are some scars you wear and today I chose to accept that, that I have no reason to be ashamed of them.)

Dog walking!

Wishing I had done things a little differently. Obviously.

How I need to turn this perceived weakness into something stronger. My strengths, as a teacher, lie in teaching and the positive relationships I can form with the children and teachers. Using that as a springboard to make a difference. I’m good with that. I find selling myself, talking about myself, difficult. Always have. Like interviews. I need to let that confidence that I have stepping into a class of 30 children I don’t know and not being worried seep into other areas of my life.

The people I talked to seemed nice, relaxed, jovial. I liked it.

I hope I get an offer…