In the process of doing a nerdy pedagogical search on google.com (I won't reveal what it was), I discovered a blog by a 2007 Teach for America corps member, that had the following quote.
"We cast our bread along the river so others who hunger downstream can feast"
He used it as inspiration to think about the enormous impact he was going to make as a teacher and in education. I couldn't. Instead, I sat there, thinking about the quote for a long time.
How "cast" means to "throw away" but also means "to direct towards." How "bread" is the food of prisoners, but is also one of the basic items we ask for in simple prayer: "our daily bread." Who those "other who hunger" are, and why they live downstream, instead of where we are, where there is plenty. And how they are "feasting" - not just eating, but truly relishing - the bread that we have sent to them.
It is frightening to me how little I think of those who live downstream. And how what I consider just a little time or a little money, can be enough for them to "feast" on - and yet, I still don't spare those minutes or dollars for the sake of others who "hunger". And how I demand so much more than "bread" - and yet there are people who are happy with the bread that I "cast" away.
Food for thought.
In other news, I went rollerblading today with a pair of skates I haven't donned since middle school. Yes, they still fit. And yes, I just used the word donned in a sentence.
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