I started this journey with a MLK quote: "The large house in which we live demands that we transform this world-wide neighborhood into a world-wide brotherhood. Together we must learn to live as brothers or together we will be forced to perish as fools." Martin Luther King, Jr., 1967

As I reflect on my experiences, I realize two important things about myself. I enjoy nature and being outdoors so I need to find ways to incorporate nature into every day of my life, preferably near water. The second is that I can make a positive impact in the world through making connections, realizing that the human bonds between people is stronger than the differences. 

When I work with children, I want to open their eyes to see how much people are alike no matter where we live, and how we treat others matters. Saving our planet from environmental disaster is too big a problem to tackle, but training young people to be good stewards of the earth is an achievable goal. Helping the students in Scotland see the importance of healthy forests was an easy connection with the unhealthy forests in Colorado and fires. Next year I hope to continue the connection with Farr Primary School through the children. They are our future. "If our American way of life fails the child, it fails us all." ~Pearl S. Buck

And sometimes, we just need to laugh at ourselves!