Poetry+Shared+by+CSIHSIS+Staff


 * Those of us who are lucky have passion in our life.**
 * Passion for our family**
 * passion for our alma mater**
 * passion for our team**
 * passion for our pets**
 * passion for our spouse**
 * our lover**
 * our partner**
 * our other.**


 * We have passion for politics**
 * our religion**
 * issues of conscience**
 * the rose bush we planted last week.**


 * And we teachers have passion**
 * for all those things**
 * and one thing more.**


 * I could say that**
 * we have passion for**
 * our occupation**
 * our profession**
 * our chosen field**
 * and a dozen other euphemisms**
 * all of which imply**
 * that teaching is work.**


 * And of course it is work;**
 * work that**
 * frustrates us**
 * confuses us**
 * saddens us**
 * angers us**
 * drains us**
 * wears us down to almost nothing.**


 * Work that makes us weep**
 * for all we cannot do**
 * but work that**
 * encourages us**
 * enlightens us**
 * delights us**
 * amuses us**
 * energizes us**
 * and satisfies us,**
 * or else it’s only a job.**