A Good Bye and Good Decision
Barry Lewis Green
I am an Educator, Speaker, Coach, Writer, and Creator ... advancing high functioning Purpose and Unity through elevated conversations, capacities and Character. Let's move forward together, stronger.
We are living in times of change and challenge. The road ahead promises such. Indeed, these are times to consider how we can best rest and even reset.
With that in mind and heart, I have made a major decision to take on Leave; for 4 months.
I will not be returning to teaching until August 26, 2021, and will be taking these next 4 months to focus on physical, mental and emotional health. There is no crisis, but there is a real need to dial back. So, I am dialing back. That is one heckuva difficult decision for me. But it is a good one. It is difficult because "ON" becomes a habit and almost a badge of Honor; for so many of us But such "ON" must be tempered and balanced; with "OFF".
In my fave game of football, there are BYE weeks and OFF seasons. My Season has been long; with the circumstances of the Pandemic and Panda (for me) being my two-minute warning. Add to that current concerns around physical health. My "ON" has been enduring... for years. So, it is now time for 4 months of BYE; a good and necessary BYE.
OFF Means
So, I am "OFF". Off from College ... and that also means that I will be suspending weekly blogging with The Leaducator, Deliver, The broadCAST, AukWords and Sharpen the Blades until September 2021.
For my own purpose and sanity, I will be continuing TUGtv and sharing daily memes, music and message; simplified and consistent.
Character and Care
I teach, speak, coach, train, facilitate, write, blog, vlog, sing, dance, cartoon and create ... focusing on Character Leadership and its exploration. Character is more than being "good" or "strong". It is as much about knowing when to practice the Virtue and strength that is Yielding...
... as it is about practicing Initiative.
Indeed, it can be both. Character is about the practice of Virtue; and there are many.
It is about practicing Mindfulness and Moderation in manifesting the Virtues required for any given situation or circumstance. Virtues are much more than values. Values are that which we value, materially and otherwise. Virtues exist whether we value them or not; whether we practice them or not. It is our choice to call upon them and put them into our practice. Virtues matter. Character matters in it myriad faces, forms and facets; the Virtues.
Yielding, as noted above, is the focus of Virtue for me these next few months; taking 4 steps back to ready myself for moving forward when it is time.
For now, it is about purpose; and my purpose now is to rest and repair; to yield in order to advance. That is my dance, right now... 4 steps back before the steps forward.
Recently, I offered up links to all my posts for the first few weeks of April, as a step in my own Spring cleaning. The Spring cleaning now continues, and very much intensifies.
With that in mind and heart, I offer up the Virtue that is Caring and ask you how you might better practice same for yourself in order to be better for your world.
Caring is a Virtue. It is a strength of Character. Consider it...
Consider how you might practice it ever better. For me, I am exploring same these next 4 months. I will be around in bits and pieces. But for now, it is a "good bye"... I am taking a bye ... but will be back in the game.
In the meantime. here is a stream of TED talks on self care.
... peace, passion and prosperity.
Barry Lewis Green, aka The Unity Guy with Epic Engage
Lead, inspire, educate, and unite. Move forward together, stronger. My work is about bringing campuses, companies and communities together, moving forward stronger. I work with educators, entrepreneurs and emerging leaders to do just that. My work is about character leadership and education and its role in helping individuals and organizations build a better world at school, work, business and community. I deliver on it through speaking, coaching and development in character leadership and education. My expertise is character leadership and education. I advance unity in diversity by moving the needle on leadership and education that is high character and results forging. I speak, teach, coach, facilitate, lead, write, sing, dance, cartoon and create on that. In 1980, Professor Rolf Hattenauer changed my life. A highly respected expert in Human Resource Management, he expected much of us and he believed much in us. He was an educator and leader of high character. He was extraordinary. To this day and beyond, I try my darnedest to honor his spirit with my own work. That is another story. But I hope I did him service here.
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