Houston A.W. Knight: HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Wednesday, January 4, 2012

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Well, are you all ready for the NEW YEAR?

I am...I'm taking a leap of faith that this year will be better than the last! I'm ready for whatever the Gods have in store for me and I'll be taking one day at a time.

How about you? What is your mood for this coming year?

I choose to be happy...what have you picked to be?

Hugs

8 comments:

A man called Valance said...: Happy New Year, Hawk.

My mood? I'll just roll along, as always, and take life's big peaks and little peaks in my stride. A rainy day is always a step closer to a sunny one.; January 4, 2012 5:51 AM
Houston A.W. Knight said...: Hey Cowboy...you and I see things pretty much in the same light...When you can't fight 'em join 'em...ride the wave of life and know tomorrow is gonna be better....and if not better at least brighter. ;-)

Happy New Year, me Friend Valance!
Big Hugs and cyber kisses
Hawk; January 4, 2012 7:50 AM
Houston A.W. Knight said...: Hey Cowboy...you and I see things pretty much in the same light...When you can't fight 'em join 'em...ride the wave of life and know tomorrow is gonna be better....and if not better at least brighter. ;-)

Happy New Year, me Friend Valance!
Big Hugs and cyber kisses
Hawk; January 4, 2012 7:50 AM
elaing8 said...: Whatever happens,happens is what I say :); January 4, 2012 1:42 PM
Johnny D. said...: Wow, Hawk. That's a great picture of you standing by that window.; January 8, 2012 3:40 PM
Houston A.W. Knight said...: Elaing!

Wise words...'cuz there really isn't a thing we can do about fate is there.

Hugs
Hawk; January 8, 2012 4:30 PM
Houston A.W. Knight said...: Johnny D

Where have you been? Well, thank you thank you thank you...LOL me about two years ago! ;-(

But it's sweet of you to say.

Big hugs
Hawk; January 8, 2012 4:32 PM
Johnny D. said...: Hey Hawk. I knew that was you!

Me? Just stayin' busy and tryin' to keep out of trouble. :-)

All is well.; January 9, 2012 3:02 PM

Something to REMEMBER:

Back in September of 2005, on the first day of school, Martha Cothren, a social studies school teacher at Robinson High School in Little Rock, did something not to be forgotten. On the first day of school, with the permission of the school superintendent, the principal and the building supervisor, she removed all of the desks out of her classroom. When the first period kids entered the room they discovered that there were no desks. Ms. Cothren, where're our desks?' She replied, 'You can't have a desk until you tell me how you earn the right to sit at a desk.' They thought, 'Well, maybe it's our grades.' 'No,' she said. 'Maybe it's our behavior.' She told them, 'No, it's not even your behavior.' And so, they came and went, the first period, second period, third period. Still no desks in the classroom. By early afternoon television news crews had started gathering in Ms. Cothren's classroom to report about this crazy teacher who had taken all the desks out of her room. The final period of the day came and as the puzzled students found seats on the floor of the deskless classroom. Martha Cothren said, 'Throughout the day no one has been able to tell me just what he or she has done to earn the right to sit at the desks that are ordinarily found in this classroom. Now I am going to show you.' At this point, Martha Cothren went over to the door of her classroom and opened it. Twenty-seven U.S. Veterans, all in uniforms, walked into that classroom, each one carrying a school desk. The Vets began placing the school desks in rows, and then they would walk over and stand alongside the wall. By the time the last soldier had set the final desk in place those kids started to understand, perhaps for the first time in their lives, just how the right to sit at those desks had been earned. Martha said, 'You didn't earn the right to sit at these desks. These heroes did it for you. They placed the desks here for you. Now, it's up to you to sit in them. It is your responsibility to learn, to be good students, to be good citizens. They paid the price so that you could have the freedom to get an education. Don't ever forget it.' By the way, this is a true story. And this teacher was awarded Teacher of the Year for the state of Arkansas in 2006. Please consider telling others about this message...tell them to come here to read and ponder then pass along, so none of us will ever forget that the freedoms we have in this great country were earned by U. S. Veterans.

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