Life has been intensely busy here with the end of the school year. I’ve also been more tired lately, and taking care of my body by giving it much-needed rest. Between these two things, I’ve had little time and no energy to look for stimulating quotes; nor have I generated a single original (let’s not even hope for profound!) thought myself. Otherwise, though, all is generally well. I’m going to miss my students; we’ve come so far since January.

But wait! Here’s a quote from something I read last week. It also contains a clue as to what’s been going on with me.

You yourself are the child you must learn to know, rear, and above all enlighten. To demand that others should provide you with textbook answers is like asking a strange woman to give birth to your baby. There are insights that can be born only of your own pain, and they are the most precious. Seek in your child the undiscovered part of yourself.

–Janusz Korczak