Keeping on

Today I actually got to work in an area of strength - instructing a mentoring workshop. I had been asked to do the EDS mentoring workshop for Prevention, and we have scheduled 2 to start with. The first one is today and tomorrow, and then the second one will be December 1/2 (gad - December?).

After the disappointment of yesterday, it was very satisfying to go into the classroom again and realize that I do have strengths - I am able to be entertaining and funny and still make a lot of points using information that people want to know about mentoring. I have 15 participants, just a good number, and they are joining in and seemingly enjoying the process, asking questions, etc. They have a good sense of fun, and while I can see a few using their laptops, I don't mind, because they are doing it only a little bit and still participating in the activities.

I inherited the mentoring workshop as a very popular item in our EDS calendar, and I think I have kept the intent and the integrity even though I have rearranged the syllabus, so I feel pretty good about it. And I sure needed that today!