How do we inspire others? I teach a class, and I love the subject. There is so much depth, so much to be gained from the topic each week. I am able to get great participation, some very good discussion. Which I am grateful for, because I don't think that happened much before. I think they may have had a lot of information spewed at them.
But.... but I want more then great discussion for them. I want to know they are doing the reading. I want to know they are internalizing the subject matter. I want to know that it is becoming a part of who they are, and they are awakening to a new sense of their potential.
I have been giving them the invitation, pleading for them to take action. I told them I want so much more for them, but I cannot do that alone. For them to get everything that they can out of the class, they have to engage with the readings, they have to be internalizing it. The discussion can be wonderful, engaging and uplifting, but if they don't do their own study they can't internalize. I want it to become a part of who they are. There is so much more there.
I think they are glimpsing that. I think that they are beginning to have a vision of something more. I know that what we are discussing can change our very natures. But not if we are keeping it at arms length. I think they can feel that now. I think they are starting to reach for more.
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