I Had to Wait!

It's been a while since I wrote in this space, and I think today is a great time to do so.  I had a great time yesterday with our Life Leadership Academy.  They are a great group of motivated educators that are part of the next generation of leaders at Life Schools.  I am glad they put up with me each month as we grow together. I can't wait until we begin blogging our experiences together!

Yesterday I got to thinking about my journey and how things have shaped out to where they are now.  I can still remember the time that I went for my first principal job.  Boy was I excited!  I actually had an opportunity to interview for a principal position of a large junior high in a great school district.  I studied and prepared well, and thought I did a great job on the interview.  I can still remember waiting anxiously for the superintendent to call me and tell me that I would be the new principal of this school.  Day after day, night after night...no call!  I knew that the school board meeting was coming up and they would soon be naming the new principal at the board meeting.  Well, the board meeting was Monday, and it's now Monday and still no call.  I sort of figured that I didn't get the job by now.  Around 5:00 pm on that Monday I received a call from the human resources director informing me that they had gone with another individual.  He told me the individuals name, and gave me her number because I was currently an assistant principal and I would be working for her.  There it was staring me in the face!  I didn't get it!  I was crushed!  It felt as everything had been taken from me. I just sat there with the phone still in my hand.  What made this tough was that I wanted it soooo bad.  I could taste it! It didn't happen!

So what did I learn?  I learned that there is a time and place for everything.  It took me several years to verbally speak about this situation.  I always felt I was inferior because I didn't get it.  But now I know better! I know that it just wasn't the job for me.  The good thing is that there was a job out there for me, and I later got it.  I had to keep working hard in my current position until I got something else, and I couldn't give up on the journey I was attempting to take.  It was a hard lesson for me, but I now appreciate it.  There have been other jobs I haven't gotten.  I learn from the experiences, keep working hard, and keep marching forward.

Herbert

Blessed to still get to work with students!