"may you live all the days of your life"

Jonathan Swift.

I used to use this quote in my signature line of all my emails for many years. It is a simple statement on how I have chosen to, at least, try to live my life. I never thought that it was ever even noticed...

This morning, out of the clear blue, came an email from a former student that I had in my teaching tenure at Tulane back in the late 1990s. She was not my best student; she struggled to get the grade she did get and was, in my opinion, in the midst of truly finding herself when our paths crossed.

We maintained contact while I remained in New Orleans but, when leaving in 2000 we lost touch.

I received an email this morning from her.

Although you might not know it, your example inspired me to save for and live my dreams of world travel after leaving New Orleans and I have since started a Life Coaching practice with a passion for the Life Sabbatical / Long-term Travel niche, so I am continuing to spread the word about changing the world through meaningful travel.

I checked out her website and, gracing the top of her "about me" page is...the above quote from Jonathan Swift.

Congratulations. I am thrilled for you and am sure you are touching others' lives in ways you will never know.

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In other news:

The issue of the ethics/teacher/student seems to be resolving itself. I put myself into contact with the mother of my student, and she agrees with me in that she would like the teacher and the tutor to be in some sort of working contact. She is planning a meeting with that teacher in the next week, so hopefully all will be ironed out. I mentioned my fear of, through my honest attempts at opening lines of communication, having compromised my student's best interests in that classroom and want to ensure that does not, in fact, occur. Hopefully all will be ironed out.

So I feel better. To the gym today for a little bit of ME-TIME. I need to move my body, stand on my head with nobody around to push me over and giggle, stretch, exert...