Your feedback here is breathtaking to say the least. How amazing to hear all these words. As I said teachers don’t usually know what is going on with a student while teaching them – good or bad, so it is a gift truly to be given this type of news and feedback – no matter when!

So you are so very welcome, but a huge thank you goes right back to you :) As I think I have mentioned in the post above, the 7 years of teaching all of you guys have been such an incredible and rewarding journey that also allowed me to grow, expand and learn so much more about myself!

I am thrilled to hear that you are doing well, and yes life can be and is amazing and so wonderful when we allow it to be. So it is fantastic to hear that you are moving your life in the directions you are.

All the best always and let me know if there is ever any way I can help.

Its funny, I had a very similar teacher. Coming into grade 11 I had just been convinced to start going to school again and life gave me exactly what I needed. My first period class was with an extremely understanding teacher that obviously loved her work and her students. She honestly gave me back my love of learning and inspired a love of science in me that I never thought could have existed.

Her enthusiasm and genuine desire for us to do well was inspiring. My passion for learning, and my want to teach, I must say was greatly inspired by this incredible woman.

I have recently been trying to lead a healthier and more fulfilling lifestyle alongside my close friend, and this web site has been extremely helpful so far.

You haven’t stopped teaching, you are just reaching a larger scale now.

Thank you Miss Ochel.

- Jaclyn

My goodness what a twist of fate indeed!!! But then as I believe there are no coincidences – everything happens for a reason…

First off, I am so, so deeply touched by your words – more than you will ever know. I think again…how do we say thank you when someone offers us a gift that is more priceless than any money could ever buy. Knowing what an impact or difference we made in someone’s life IS that gift. And so I say thank you, but I too know it is not enough, and so I step back and humbly allow.

So yes, I have moved away from formal teaching, but in one way or another I will always be a teacher. Life changed. I changed. I grew in so many ways and realized I wanted, no, make that I needed to reach more people out there.

And another thing that is for sure, is I will never forget all the students like you who I am so happy and blessed to have touched my life – thank you!!!

I feel there is a huge change on our planet today and I want to help as many people as I can transition from a life based on negativity and fear to a life based on peace and love.

And I have to say how wonderful to hear that you are seeking ways to eat healthier. I always say, just as we need to accept and respect our spiritual self, we need to do the same for our physical self.

Thank you so much for being happy for me, as I am really, really happy, complete and so fulfilled. I know this great journey has only begun for me and it is with love and excitement that I greet each new day, to create a as beautiful world as I can for all.

I appreciated it, so much so, that I wrote her a little note at the end of the last assignment I had to hand in to her. Thanking her for well, everything. She accepted it kindly and humbly. Thank you wasn’t enough, but it was the best I could do.

Then a couple of years later, I hear she’s quitting teaching high school, and I’m sad to say the least. I always envisioned her always being there, teaching generations of kids to come.

Then by some twist of fate, I decide I’m going to try eating healthier, and I end up finding her website. I see how well she’s doing, and I’m happy for her. I see how she’s still helping people, and answering other people’s questions. I ask her a question, because again, I’m curious about everything it seems, and she answers it like always.

So thanks… again.

Your words have touched me deeply and I find it absolutely amazing and am struck by awe that people barely know me, and yet believe in me like you do.

Honestly Barbara, I feel so blessed, so grateful and just speechless. There is indeed a magnificent force greater than all of us at work here and I revel in every bit of it.

Thank you so kindly once again for all that you have said and for the personal experience you have shared!

As I was reading this, it brought tears to my eyes. I envisioned you leaving the “home” you had built for seven years, leaving your “children”. My heart goes out to you. Just as you touched their lives, they have touched yours. No doubt, you’ll be forever in their hearts and vice versa.

I totally agree with the part your wrote about the type of people you’ve found online. Like you, many told me there would be negative and rotten people. And like you, I’ve found the same – wonderful people with loving hearts, always willing to help, to listen, to be there, to share and to care. After over two years of blogging, I haven’t a complaint.

I’ve been thinking about the last part of your post – letting others give to us and being accepting. Years ago I was the one who couldn’t accept a compliment or gift without putting up a “fight”. Maturity taught me the exact thing you wrote. By saying “thank you” we do allow others to shine and give back to them the greatest gift of all.

Evita, I wish you well as you make your way on the path to your new endeavor. I’ve no doubt you’ll be successful in whatever you do.

However, when it comes to acts of kindness, allowing is a nice gesture for both.

@ LANCE – The world is indeed much smaller than we imagine. Look at how we all are able to connect and even more so grow and foster frienships and powerful connections.

In terms of the rest of your comment, I read it many times and just kept shaking my head with a huge smile with the most grandest gratitude I could muster.

So Lance, all I will say is – thank you – but based on this post I am telling you that does not do it justice, as what I feel about your words to me on this page goes much deeper.

@ TESS – Oh Tess thank you so much! LOL, I was laughing when I read the last part, as Julie mentioned to me too what an amazing person you were and what a great blog you had too :) I am so glad thus that we connected!

And as your words say, I truly do feel called elsewhere, and so I do begin a new journey!

@ DOROTHY – Thank you Dorothy and you are so very welcome!

@ HICHAM – Thank you kindly for that lovely addition!

Indeed there are emotions within us, love especially and gratitude as well, that words often do not do justice for.

@ JULIE – Your comments bring huge, and I mean huge smiles to my face. May this post always be a way of how I feel about all the beautiful times you have commented here, or back to me on your site.

A heartfelt thank you yet again Julie.

I feel so blessed, and so thrilled and so at peace that I am able to touch people’s lives in positive ways. May I always be open to consciousness that guides all that I say and do.

@ WHISPER – You are welcome and thanks for stopping by!

@ LIARA – I am always in awe of your way with words. So wise and eloquent – thank you for that, for you have a great gift to share with the world.

Indeed there is much that goes on in unseen worlds, but as we connect more and more to our higher, inner selves, we get to tap into that more and more as well, I believe.

@ KEITH – Wow what an amazing story Keith, thank you so much for sharing it here!

I think there are so many people like you, I think we all fall there at one point or another, and as beautiful as it is to be a giver, there is yet another gift in being a receiver. Both allow us to grow and expand in love and connecting with others.

I am so glad you enjoyed this post and found it helpful – thank you Keith!

@ SOULMERLIN – Thank you so much Henry. What matters today I believe is the person you are, all those experiences shaped you in certain ways and they were all good, because they made you!

Thank you for your visit as always!