First Day of School

I realized my school day begins long before I step into the building...I walk to school, an important, meditative part of my whole experience and today, as I walked, you could feel the world filled with "First Day" energy. There was an anticipation, a flurry, bits of nervousness as summer routines moved into fall. As I walk my senses greet the world...the coolness of the morning air, the sound of the traffic circle, a silent wave as I spy an old student waiting for the train to take him downtown. Sometimes the tiniest things take my breath away...a feather camouflaged on the sidewalk was the secret find of the day...a good look charm for the first day of school.