An unexpected feeling of victory

About a week ago I ran into a guy that I worked with at my first real teach job. It is a very long story but it was a pretty tough experience. It was the beginning to a year of dread. All the dread made me question if I was made out to become a teacher. When I worked with this guy there were certainly things out of my control but I was also a major cause of the situation. He was nice and did what he could to help me out. The teaching experience was soon over (I wasn't asked back for the next year) and I moved on to what I thought was going to be a much better summer experience. Again things didn't work out quite the way I wanted them to. I remember that time vividly. For most of a year I felt horrible, but I pushed on. I am lucky when it comes to pushing on, I just do it. It comes natural. Some people might say that I work hard to accomplish things that I want. But I really deserve no special credit. It is just something innate in me.
It was good to see this fellow teacher, mostly in a selfish way. He asked about my current teaching position and told me that he was now a principal. The feeling that I had when I told him about where I was teaching is hard to explain. It was like a feeling than one gets when he finally wins a long battle. People tend to be impressed by my teaching position. I however know it is just like any other position, just a little bit more mysterious. Most times I really don't care about the prestige of the position, but talking to this guy I sure did. It felt good to talk about where I am no compared to where we both knew I was 9 years ago. That was my winning moment and I am working for more in the future.
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Kevin