Sometimes little things make the teacher in me happy, such as spending some time tutoring an appreciative student at school. Or watching my honors class put so much effort and determination into a state field test. For all the bad things many adults believe about kids, I have some of the best students in the entire world!

Here’s a bit of free advice for you all: occasionally it might be a good idea to take a critical look at your friends and think a bit about which of them are truly a person whom you will be able to depend on for the rest of your life, somebody who bypasses their own interests for yours, and for whom you are willing to bypass your own interests for theirs. Somebody who opens their soul to you when they have a problem, and who shares their happy times with you. And vice versa. Somebody who makes you happy just chatting or spending time with them.

If you have one such friend in your life, you are blessed. And if you have two such friends, then you are truly blessed and probably should never be grumpy in your entire life!