Dear Parents

Today I focus on resilience, facing challenges and taking risks.

"The nettle stung you because you touched it so lightly. If you had held it firmly, it wouldn’t have hurt you. You can't get much worth having in life without facing risks. Even a rose has thorns to protect it. So, if you want berries, learn to grasp the nettle."

Aesop, in his famous fables, said. “A nettle may be handled safely, if you do it with courage and resolution; if you seize it boldly and grip it strongly, be assured it will never sting you; and you will meet with many sorts of persons, as well as things, in the world which ought to be treated in the very same manner.”

Sometimes things in life will sting you like a nettle. When our path is blocked, the obstacle often presents a new path that uncovers new possibilities. The obstacles that hurt the most can show us what to do next, how to learn from them, and get past them.

That is why we need goals because when we don’t know what’s important to us, we can’t tell the difference between the obstacles worthy of our time, and those that aren’t. Every challenge looks like a massive mountain we must climb.

But once we know what we most want to accomplish, the majority of our obstacles become manageable. We can focus and pour our energy into what really matters to us.

Only in grasping the nettle by persisting and never giving up do we learn what we are truly capable of.

Go boldly! Because if you don’t grasp the nettle, someone else will!

A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles. Christopher Reeve 

Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacles, discouragements, and impossibilities: It is this that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak. Thomas Carlyle

McAULEY'S ART EXHIBITION:

I encourage you all to make time to view the wonderful McAuley Art Show which is currently running in the School Hall. The exhibition will be open from 9am to 4pm Thursday to Friday this week. Congratulations to all K-10 students who have their work exhibited.  

Kind regards to you all. 

- Rod Little.