Testing...testing...

So, I kind of have a big mouth. That is why I put a couple of things that have to do with my mouth on my "list". Temper, inside voice etc.

Well wouldn't you know I was tested on these very two things today! For those of you who don't know, I teach preschool. Two and three years olds to be exact. I have two classes. One that meets on Monday and Wednesday and one that meets on Tuesday and Thursday. Our M/W class is just easy breezy. Our T/Th class is another story. We have a couple of kiddos who are having a hard time adjusting and wail the entire time and then we have three in particular whose sole mission is to dump every toy, glue bottle and marker onto the floor; not a good combo. Where does my mouth come in you ask?

If you know me, you know I am LOUD. It is just the way God made me. My voice carries. I don't mean to be loud, I just am. So, if I am asking a boy not to dump the blocks I just picked up, apparently the entire building can hear me. Hence the spot on my list for developing an "inside voice".

Moving on to dealing with my mouth when my temper is in the equation. It isn't so much what I say but how I say it. I am working so hard to keep calm, cool and collected with my class I can allow myself to vent on those I love. It doesn't even have to be mean or hateful. I can choose to convey the horrible day I have had in that pathetic poor me voice.

My goal...choosing to give it to God every five seconds if I have to. It is all about choice. I can choose to remain positive with all those around me and save the "mouthing" if you will, for my private time with the Lord.

Now about that inside voice. I am at a loss...