About teachers... I once had a great teacher, but he's out of my life and I don't want to bother him... Sincerely, Tommy H.
Send an email or call this person. Say that you don't want to be a bother, and how can you be a helper...that you are looking to get involved with something larger than yourself. Let him know how warmly you remember him. That is a small but key way to bless someone.
We all have days like this. Look up
Hoagies' Gifted: Dabrowski's Theory of Positive Disintegration and ...Research, articles, and a curriculum unit on Dabrowski's Theory of Positive Disintegration and Overexcitabilities
www.hoagiesgifted.org/dabrowski.htmI have a lot fewer days like this now since -
1) I started spending 'cybertime' with people who like and appreicate me.
2) I got things right at school for my son
3) I came to accept and understand myself as I am - with all my differences
4) I started to be able to help others.
Hint, Hint - if you want to feel better, find someway to contribute to another person. Be one of those unsung heros to someone else. Even by posting here your memories of being a gifted child with helpful suggestions, or by posting appreciations to the parents here. But I would encourage you to 'get out of your head' and look at the little positive differences you can make in the world. I know as a parent that every bit of consideratness from my son lights up my whole world. Even learning something from a parent helps them feel better. Are you a good cook? Seems to me like there is always something to learn in the kitchen. All the voices in your head that say 'I don't want to' - they are the enemy! Laugh at them if you can!
smiles - grinity
