Principle+6+-+Take+Responsibility+for+Your+Own+Emotional+Wake

What if I could become a crucible - a strong, resilient vessel in which profound change could safely take place?"

Ouch. This is a tough one. At school we definitely need to be the crucible. As administrators, it's our job to be the buffer between the board and the teachers, to be the cheerleaders for the district, and to always make sure we have our "stump speech" in place. However, when we find that we are being assailed at work, it's tough to be a crucible at home, and when the winds are blowing you around in your personal and family life, that impacts your work hours.

What Stone does not follow with here is the importance of taking care of yourself through healthy life habits of exercise and eating (meditation comes later). When the crucible is shattering, I find that's when I'm most likely to ignore my body's needs, and that is when I need to attend to it the most.