My mother had many words of wisdom.\u00a0 When I was in the seventh grade, my religion teacher wrote a comment on my report card.\u00a0 My mother’s response to her has remained with me all these years and I still think of it occasionally.<\/p>\n
My religion teacher wrote,<\/p>\n
Mike should be concentrating on taking a more active part in class.\u00a0 He’ll find his future years of study easier if he trains himself to express ideas and opinions orally as well as in writing.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
To which my mother wrote,<\/p>\n
I’m sure what you say is true.\u00a0 However, I find a quiet, gentle person a rare gift.\u00a0 Too many of the people I encounter are only interested in talking–with as little thinking as possible.\u00a0 Give me the thinkers, those who ponder and the shy doers.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
My teacher wrote nothing further during the two remaining review periods that year.<\/p>\n
I think I learned more about religion and as it turns out, about life, from my mother’s statement that year than in all the religion classes I had.\u00a0 Not only did I admire her for standing up for me, against a nun even, but all these many years later have proven her right.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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