Mazed and Confused

I just returned from Sweet Berry Farms in Mable Falls. My wife, daughter, and I ate at the Blue Bonnet Café first. We walked through the Texas maze. The Texas Maze is a corn field cut in the shape of Texas and there are points, eleven to be exact, that you must find inside. It made me recall Pink’s book, A Whole New Mind, and think about his comments about mazes. He says, “Mazes are compartmentalized and you get lost in them.” We were lost in the maze several times during our journey to find the points. We were in the maze for about an hour and a half before we found them all. I wasn’t coming out until I found them because I am a little bit competitive at times. I think I only pushed over one three year old and a grandma because they were going to find a point before me. They are doing fine. The grandmother said she was going to get that hip replaced anyways. Well the reason I brought up the maze is because it made me think about education. Sometimes in the system of education we are lost walking around the maze finding some points (meeting some goals) but not really knowing if we are on the right track or not. At times, I found a point because there were a lot of people around one area. I would walk up and ask what point it was and see if it was a point I still needed to find. Do we do that in our educational careers at all? Go to a point because there are a lot of people around it (it is popular). Is there a method to our madness? When we are lost in the system of education or just lost in the system of the world, we can reflect on what Dr. Vasek said to us. He quoted, Jeremiah 29:11 (New International Version) "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future". So if we keep our focus on God we will make it through to the end of this journey. Whether we stop off where groups are gathering or whether we get lost in our mazes. God’s plan is to give us hope and a future. I feel so blessed to be a part of UMHB’s cohort 3. I think education has a bright future. God Bless and thanks for the encouragement. Let’s keep each other’s buckets full! http://strengths.gallup.com/114082/Theory-Dipper-Bucket.aspx