Love again

It is that time of the year.  I am back at work facing another bunch of students and we have just prayed.  Paint has been on the walls and I am wearing my teacher clothes.  For some, this is just a job in the midst of a lot of jobs they have had.  It is a paycheck.  For me, there is so much more.  I feel like I am their mother.  I spend five hours a day making sure they are safe and that they are educated.  Their parents trust me to love their children like they love their children or better.  I have never been able to be selfish enough to refuse to love someone.  I have loved many who now don't love me back.  When I think back on it.  I didn't lose anything by loving.  When you truly love someone, you don't lose, you gain.  Well, it's time to go love again.