My Mentor Reflection

The same day I assisted my boss with the children. I walked in the midst of the students to keep them focused. As I stood still for a few seconds, I felt someone pulling at my high heels. I looked down at my feet, and there was a little girl rolling. While she rolled on the carpet, she held on to my high heels. With a cheap smile upon my face, I looked down at her and I said, “Stop, stop.” She chuckled. I tried to keep a straight face, but I couldn’t let go of my smile; therefore, she kept holding on and playing.

I slowly backed away from the kindergartner, and she released my shoe heels when she saw my serious facial expression. From that day, I used what happened with the kindergartner as a motivational device. Whenever, I felt overwhelmed

by shelving books or laminating, I stuffed my thoughts with the humor of the kindergartner and my high heels extravaganza, and when I did, I triggered new momentous activities such as the second grader who wanted to checkout one additional book. He already had two books, but due to his love of reading, he dropped to his little knees, and begged me to allow him to checkout just one more book.
Between the incident of the kindergartner and the second grader who pleaded to take home an extra book, I felt like I had exactly the push I needed to calm the struggle of putting books upon the shelf, laminating, and standing upon my feet for long periods.
Although I held on to my playful experiences with the kindergartner, and the second grader, my motivational vision of what happened, started to diminish. In fact, I came very close to quitting my post, but on that day, I learned of God’s present help. Can you thank Him for His present help experiences in your life? I did, and He quickly sent me a clear and uncut message: “Make the best out it.”
Although I felt like God’s was not on my side, I accepted His leading, and the next day, I came to work with a spur of energy and a brand new attitude. Yet, I could not understand, and I still wanted to know why God would put me on a job, with a graduate degree, shelving tons of children’s books.
Despite what I could not comprehend, I held on to what God said, and I made the best out of an uncomfortable situation. I used God’s peace and guidance to help me look at my circumstance differently; therefore, I changed my vision of how I saw my role as a media assistant, and out of the midst of no where, thank God for Jesus! A light bulb came on, and the Lord God gave me an idea to start writing children’s books.
To unlock the excitement of my new discovery, I started watching which types of books that the children checked out. They liked animal books, talking animal characters.
Not only did I discover which books the students enjoyed, but I also stayed organized. I purchased a note pad and as I continued to shelve books, I started opening the children’s books to identify the book’s publisher.
I kept a thorough record of the publisher’s name, and I read the writing styles of the authors. The more I got excited concerning shelving books; God showered me with new children’s book writing ideas. I no longer viewed my laminating duties as a harsh task, but when the teachers gave me their laminating requests, I observed the creativity of the colors, the fonts, and the graphics that they used to attract the elementary learners.

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After I let God transformed my attitude concerning my position as a media assistant, I felt like I had walked into a “prosperous land of plenty.” In fact, I realized that everything I needed to prepare me for a world of children’s literature was right there at my fingertips.

I knew my book’s title, my type of character, and the plot lines of my story. I also knew where to obtain my marketplace literature resource guide.

God turned my media assistant’s situation at the elementary school in a whole new direction, and my writing after this inspirational book will be children’s literature. Moreover, this media assistant’s job was also linked to my working as an interim instructional specialist. This instructional position, (where I still work) allowed me to teach high school students online. These high school students were too sick to attend classes, or they left school due to disciplinary action.

During the beginning of my employment, my job at the local elementary school had a bumpy start, but thanks to God, I succumbed to a nice smooth landing. Although my landing seemed healthy, I wouldn’t recommend that you do what I did, and push God for what you wanted. I experienced a lot of chastisement. This disciplinary action, generated by the Lord God, occurred because I kept begging Him to answer my prayer. He loved me enough to show me that, He needed my trust, not my

push.

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Now that I look back at when I rushed God to get a job, I can see that He had a strategic plan when He hired me at the elementary school, but the bad rapport I exhibited, reminded me of a saying that my husband, to this day, still uses. His truthful saying goes like this: “baby, sit back and ride.” I remember while I rode in our automobile with my husband, as his wife, I thought, he needed my passenger seat driving assistance.
While he drove, I said, “Watch out, didn’t you see that car ahead of you?” He replied, “Baby, sit back, and ride.” He meant, although there were vehicles pulling out in front of him, or cars changing lanes without a signal, I could