Today's inspiration comes from a post I saw that was an incredible teaching tool. I have always believed in making sure concepts taught are concepts understood which makes them applicable to all other parts of life.
A teacher gave each child in the class a different product (toothpaste, shampoo, etc) and were told to squeeze out all the contents. Of course all the students thought this was a fun game never realizing what they would soon learn. Once the teacher noticed that everything was out of each product, the students were asked to now put all the contents back into the container they were in. Of course as hard as the students tried, they just couldn't do it. The teacher then stated: "Today's lesson is in a moment of time, you were so consumed with what you were doing that you didn't realize the mess you were making. So after it was so quickly and easily poured or squeezed out, you soon realized that it was impossible to to put it all back in. Remember this for the rest of your lives when it comes to words that come out of your mouth."
What a great lesson! How true it is. How often do we react spontaneously with words but know as soon as they come out of our mouth, we regret everything we just said? We all do! We are not perfect human beings. But what a great lesson this was.
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