Every Spring, my students complain that their track meets keep on getting cancelled. Our track program has as many as 30% of our student body involved...it is great! But...the timing is terrible due to the weather. It is often too cold or raining, or there are terrible storm warnings.
I had a student come to me today for his daily, "hello" in the hallway.
I asked him if he is ready for his track meet and he said he thinks it might be cancelled due to the weather.
I told him how sorry I was...as it seemed like he was looking forward to it.
His response was wonderful...
" You know Mr. Levine, both of my sisters were on track in Middle School, High School, and College. They always complained about their meets being cancelled. I really don't like track and I hate running. I only joined to be part of the team. I knew that most of the meets would be cancelled and I wouldn't have to run a lot."
I laughed. I fist bumped him. I smiled and told him to enjoy his day.
Be Mindful.
Peace.
Mark Levine
#Mindfulliteracy
@Levinewrites
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