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How do we find time to laugh, to dance, to sing in times as uncertain as these? When so many men, women and children in the world live under a sword of Damocles. For me it goes back to when I was teaching Autistic students…who, for reasons still unknown, every day faced cruel, unfair, unwanted and relentless challenges of their own. I knew I could not cure my students…could not help them…their Autism to subdue even though that is exactly what I hoped and prayed I’d do. I knew I could not change my students’ fortunes in an instant…overnight… I knew the best thing I could do…would be to join them in their fight. When it came to my students and their families…I wanted it to be known that we would cry and laugh, sing and dance, win and lose…together that they were not alone. So when it came time for us to part…when their time with me was done we would have helped each other find a little balance…a little joy, a little laughter, a little fun. Isn’t that the way life should be…through all this confusion, sadness and doubt? Weren’t we put upon this Earth to help each other out? I know I cannot cure the ills of the world… to help everyone their monsters to subdue even though I hope and pray…that’s exactly what I’ll do. I know I cannot change their fortunes in an instant…overnight I know the best thing I can do…is to join them in their fight. Even though I’m no longer a teacher…I still would like it to be known that I will cry and laugh, sing, dance and win and lose with anyone who needs it… to show them they are not alone. With the hope that at the end of every day…with the setting of the sun we've helped each other find a little balance…a little joy, a little laughter, a little fun.
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