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I have had so many teachers in my life. I have had teachers in school. I have had teachers at home. I have had teachers in stores, on streets, and at playgrounds. I have had teachers in books. I have had teachers in nature. I have had teachers everywhere I've gone, stayed, and lived. The teachers that I have valued and enjoyed most of all, though, have been the teachers who taught me about love. Teachers of love are not as rare as you would think either. I have seen teachers of love everywhere. |
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The person who smiles happily when they drop money in a charity box is a teacher of love. The handicapped child who offers smiles, laughter, and hugs more freely than we adults ever will is a teacher of love. The person who sets corn out for starving deer and seed out for hungry birds in the winter time is a teacher of love. The big dog who shares half his food and a place in his doghouse with a little neighbourhood puppy on a cold winter's night is a teacher of love. |
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Everyone who spends their lives sharing great love though countless little acts of kindness is a teacher of love. You want to know something wonderful. You can be a teacher of love too. You can be a person who gives encouragement and joy to a soul in need. You can be a person who cares for a sick friend, who helps out a hurting heart, and who shares cheerfulness and kindness with everyone everywhere. |
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up trash off the ground and plants flowers and trees in it. You can be
a person who saves a dog or cat by adopting it and offering it your love.
You can be a person who works hard everyday to make the world a better
place by choosing and sharing all the love and joy you possibly can. You
can be what God wants each and everyone of us to be: a teacher of beautiful,
glorious, and unconditional love.
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| Joseph J. Mazzella | ||
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