{"id":2079,"date":"2011-09-06T00:59:18","date_gmt":"2011-09-06T04:59:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/inspirationreport\/?p=2079"},"modified":"2011-09-02T11:10:29","modified_gmt":"2011-09-02T15:10:29","slug":"its-a-new-school-year-for-you-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/inspirationreport\/2011\/09\/its-a-new-school-year-for-you-too.html","title":{"rendered":"It’s a New School Year for You Too"},"content":{"rendered":"

Labor Day marks the unofficial end of summer. For young children all the way up to working adults logging on to Web classes, school is in session. <\/p>\n

There\u2019s nothing I miss about being in school, and this time of year always makes me smile as I notice that \u201cback-to-school\u201d advertisements do not pertain to me. However, I do miss how school had a way of clarifying and defining our growth. <\/p>\n

Every year you move up a grade. You take new classes and you learn new things. You say goodbye to old friends and meet new ones. Every September, you get a chance to redefine yourself.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>I miss that. Once I got out into the working world, I realized that there are three-month summer vacations and you can keep the same office in the same building in the same job for decades if you want to. Change doesn\u2019t come as readily.<\/p>\n

Or does it?<\/p>\n

The great thing about being out of school is that you are now in control of your life. Your growth is up to you. You don\u2019t need to be in a classroom to learn. The world is now your classroom.<\/p>\n

For example, that difficult person you work with is a teacher. He or she is teaching you how to have patience. That faucet that leaks in your bathroom is a teacher. It\u2019s a problem that you need to solve. You see? There are lessons everywhere and in everything if you\u2019re willing to see them.<\/p>\n

As you see kids with backpacks loading on to school buses for the first time, remember that you are a lifelong student as well and opportunities to grow and graduate are all around you.
\nEnroll today. What is life trying to teach you?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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