A Way of Being

There are no absolute guarantees in life other than the famous "death and taxes", so it is difficult for anyone to suggest an approach to life that works unfailingly all the time. However, never one to resist a challenge, I am going to promote the' way of being ' as the closest we can get to something that works in handling the multitiude of situations that we are confronted with at any given time in our lives. Essentially, I see the need for a core that stays solid throughout almost any situation, a core that is made of strong values, a genuine concern for others and a positive outlook. This ' way of being ' provides a consistency and a certain reliability for those who encounter us and most people are comfortable with both of those features in others. Beyond that, the community benefits as confidence can grow and thrive in the fertile conditions of a positive, respectful, caring and committed environment.

One of our principal aims in a school( maybe even one of the Principal's aims!) is to aspire to becoming more than an information and knowledge-gathering facility. We want to educate people, whole people, and as much of their hearts and minds that we can so that they will become thoroughly good human beings. The world needs good people who act with care, concern and conscience as much now as it ever has. Well-understood, your way of being will dictate your responses to almost any challenge and your approach to most situations. It will make the "who you are" indistinguishable from the "what you do". I think it was Aristotle who said, “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.”.

The secret remains in adopting a way of being that colours everything!