A cow chip in the face of school...

"Freedom is also the knowledge that if you accomplish nothing today, in the eyes of the harried world, it is of no consequence. I once spent an entire afternoon on my belly, following a shrew through the leaf litter. His tiny life did not matter to another being in the entire universe, but it did to me. It still does. I am so grateful for that day. Yet, even telling about this now, I can see how most other people would see it as trivial or as a waste. In a way, I learned more from that "insignificant" creature in that one afternoon than I did in all my years sitting in the prison called "school." The lessons the shrew taught me are not lessons that I can put into words; they are lessons of the heart. I encourage you to take the opportunity to notice the small things and let them teach you your own lessons."

And I encourage you to read the whole essay:

A cow chip in the face of school...

A Deep Breath of Freedom