Principal's Remarks
How do you feel about change?
As we come to the close of a very successful school year, we can look back and see a lot of change. We have seen change in the academic growth of our students, change in their physical growth and change in their spiritual development. Of all of transformations, the most significant, I think, are the changes that have occurred in our thinking.
We do not focus on our thinking processes very often; we do not think about thinking and yet our reasoning, ideas and opinions greatly affect how we relate to change. This week, we have celebrated our Year 6 students who are about to step into to a significant change in their lives. We must allow the change to happen; we can no longer hold them back and yet we know that they will all have to adjust to fit in their new level of schooling. Our other year levels will all be changing classmates and teachers for the new year too. This can cause some anxiety because it is “the unknown.”
Fear of the unknown can hold us back from enjoying inevitable variations in life so we must change the way we think about things and allow ourselves to “be transformed by the renewing of the mind” (Romans 12:2). The mind is a powerful influence because if we change the way we think, a lot of our perceptions change too.
“We have nothing to fear for the future except as we shall forget the way the Lord has let us” (Christian Experiences and Teaching, E.G. White, p.204).
As you celebrate the close of this year and the beginning of a new one may your mind be renewed in the break. Contemplate the following: What are your adjustments for the new year? What changes do you need to make?
Happy Holidays and blessings for the new year.