Russ Dalbey's Blog

Welcome to 2009!
I wanted to share something written by Dr. David Winter, my Lead Educator at Dalbey Education. He always has great insight and encouragement for my staff, but I thought this message was particularly powerful.
Here’s what David has to say…
By now most of us are charging forward into 2009. I hope you’re excited about [...]

I’ve been thinking about brick walls. You know, the ones that seem to stand in our way of getting where we want to be.
I’ve been thinking that maybe we’ve been looking at them all wrong.
Most people think of a brick wall as a barrier to our dreams… a solid obstruction that is intimidating and fearsome.
But [...]

I really didn’t want to brush my teeth last night.
It was late. I’d had a long work day, I was exhausted, and I didn’t even eat dinner anyway. I just wanted to go to bed. I actually stared at myself in the mirror for a while, fighting myself on this.
Then I thought, “wow, maybe I [...]