It must be your life
You must live in your school. Your house and land you live on must be the school. You are always the teacher and always the student. You must do everything possible to educate yourself about life, the world, yourself, and most importantly, the connections between everything. You must have many people visit the school, and much solitude and silence to reflect on things. You must start this school now. It must be your life. — James Neill, 30 June, 2001
Found on the Thriving Too blog, one of my new favorites.
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18 comments
That is a great quote! It's going to be posted at our home as a reminder. Thanks for sharing!
What a timely post. And it is so neat to see where our "school" will take us. My husband and son started reading a devotional each night at the beginning of the year called "Battlefields and Blessings" by Jane Hampton Cook. That sparked a curiosity in the mini-series John Adams, which then sparked research into his life with Abigail Adams and their incredible lives. Then on to George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Lewis and Clark. It has been a fascinating journey. Our 8 year old son said he never knew history could be so exciting. Honestly, I didn't know that either. But instead of following a set "cirriculum", we have allowed our hearts to lead, and we are learning so much a long the way.
kristi, thank you! i printed it out & posted it on my bulletin board. :^)
meme, thank you for sharing — it’s a wonderful way to learn!
I love this! Thank you for posting.
I read this quote three times... thought... read it again... and again!
...the connections between everything... visitors and solitude.
Connections and blance. Life is school. Your body is the ultimate portable classroom. So simple yet so profound.
Thank you!
Yep, me too...printed it out as soon as I read the first line. This is great!
ooh, that's a keeper. Thank you for sharing it.
Google reader is freaking out my computer lately (it's dying a slow death)...so I'm in withdrawl from blog reading. Hope to catch up with all the treasures here!
I love this quote, so eloquent. It's destined for my inspiration board!
love the quote!
Once again so timely. Thats one I'll be fixing to my pin board. Lori, where do you find all these great quotes? I'd love to see your bookshelves you wouldn't get rid of me I'm sure.
Blessings.
thank you, thank you for sharing!!!
so glad you all loved the quote! it’s good to share those words that lift us up.
have a wonderful week!
What a wonderful quote! So simply powerfully true.
On another topic: won't you share a picture (or two) of your art supply with us, Lori! It'll give me personally such sweet dreams!
kat, thank you! i love this quote.
re: sharing pictures of my art supplies .. ooh .. that’s like .. asking an alcoholic to share photos of his liquor cabinet .. cabinets. closets. whatever. let’s move on.
;^)
"asking an alcoholic to share photos of his liquor cabinet". Yes! Yes exactly!
my name is lori and i am an art supply addict...
All: Hi Lori!
hee
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