What Life Is

Teaching

Teaching is inspiring young minds
Teaching is showing them the ropes
Teaching is amazing
Teaching takes a special person

Teaching music
That is different
Teaching music opens people up
Teaching music allows you to see the vulnerable side of your students
Teaching music takes energy for certain
Teaching music is teaching a universal language
One of love and beauty
One of tragedy and heartache
One of light and darkness

Teaching music builds unbreakable connections
Music is a medicine for the soul
Music is fuel
Music is life
Teaching music keeps that spark alive

Something I Can't Find

I have always looked at myself as less than
I am not pretty
My voice is not amazing
My personality is less than horrible
I have little to no actual talent

I only accept that people think of me in these ways
I am beautiful
My voice is gorgeous
My personality sparkles
I am incredibly talented

I only accept them
I never believe them

I was tasked by a man who believes I am worth saving for some odd reason
To find one thing that I genuinely think is good about me
Not something someone else has told me
Not the general perception that I am good
No
Something I think is good about me

I have until the end of the semester to do so
It has been months
I haven't found it
I have never had it
I have never seen it
It may very well be something that I can't find