Recently I saw a video that mentioned the importance of letting go of some things, especially material things; it explained that by keeping objects in our home that we do not use we are losing confidence in the cycle of life as well as distrusting our own possibilities to acquire new belongings.
The "I'm going to keep this because I may need it later" should be treated with great care and avoid extremes. This alarmed me a little because in my teaching profession it is very common to accumulate because "we don't know when we will need it". So I decided to get rid of some things. In addition to this is an internal struggle that I have because my environmentalist and conservationist spirit prevents me from discarding without reusing and even more knowing that in our country (Venezuela) recycling is not a priority. Unfortunately very little is recycled so I try to donate things that I will not need.
However, there are some things that I cannot throw away and I keep with love in my heart: little letters and drawings that my students make me with love.
I have been doing this activity for 4 years, basically since I started at the school where I currently work.
It is beautiful for me to be able to collect these little details from my students. They say that if a child gives you a drawing, he is giving you his life, and that's how I see it. They are giving me part of their admiration and emotions for that moment and I can't help but think that in the future they will be great artists or famous professionals and once I was part of them, which is the most beautiful and transcendental of my profession. Some samples of my favorites:
This is a landscape artist son of @amores.sf2
I can't tell you which one is my favorite but I will tell you that I take care of details and expressions even.
Thank you for watching part of my beautiful collection. Performed by 7 and 8 year old children.
Translated by: deepL
I think that is super sweet that you keep the drawings from your students. Those will really provide you with some fond, good memories.
Thank you. They are wonderful; this is the way to keep beautiful memories even if they themselves have forgotten it.
Infact, you have said it all, nice post, I agreed with you, there are some things that you can not throw it away easly and keep it with love. Keep it up.
Thank you very much @chuksammy these are small tokens of affection that encourage you to continue to improve.
Thank You very much, more Grace to your elbow.
Ooh what a beautiful collection of images really these are special, I'm not a teacher but it happens to me with my children's drawings and their letters when they were little, it's something you can't really vote for. Nice post
Yes, it is really wonderful that they give you their creations made with so much love and that they feel so happy because you are so excited to receive them
Mi bella y especial maestra @liseth.zamora mil gracias por mostrar y valorar con tanto amor el arte de mi hijo, me pasa igual ay recuerdos que puedo guardar en mi corazón pero otros son duda alguna no lo puedo desechar. Bendiciones ❤️
Thank you so much @amores.sf2 for your beautiful words 🙏 . God bless you for such brilliant talents