Joyce Latson

Joyce Latson
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Saturday, June 1, 2013

Words of Inspiration and Motivation


This week has been very emotional for me. It was truly a week of reflection and self-evaluation. I was moved with compassion as I read the history of various early childhood contributors and it impacted their lives. Through their hearts, I saw a reflection of my own and I loved what I saw because the end result is good. Children, well nurtured become adults who give back. Here are a few quotes from contributors that were meaningful to me. I hope you are able to glean from them the essence of the early childhood profession as I did.

Marion Wright Edelman is an American activist for disadvantaged children and the President of the Children's Defense Fund. She quotes:

  • Never work just for money or for power. They won't save your soul or help you sleep at night.

  • You're not obligated to win, you're obligated to keep trying to do the best you can everyday.

  • We must not, int trying to think about how we can make a big difference, ignore the small daily differences we can make which, over time, add up to big differences that we often cannot foresee.
Janet Gonzalez-Mena is a writer, consultant in early childhood education, and former community college instructor with experience as an early childhood education practitioner.

 “Part of being who you are has to do with feeling your feelings, which means you'll have a wide range of emotions--not just constant sunshiny happiness.”


Louise Derman-Sparks, Professor Emeritus support Families, Pacific Oak College, CA

"I had a built in passion that it was important, to make a real contribution to the world; and to fix all the injustices that existed in the world, and I wanted to do that through teaching."

Sandy Escobido, Deputy Field Director, Los Angeles Preschool Advocacy Initiative, California Community Foundation.

"We, in the early childhood field, have an opportunity to shape a child's life for the better."

Raymond Hernandez, MS Ed. Executive Director. School of Early Childhood Education, University of Southern, CA.

"Passion comes from wanting to make a difference...I truly believe I'm not here to save the world, I'm here, just to make a difference in the community that I'm working and to me making a difference may sometimes mean helping one child to be able to be successful in the classroom."

Renatta M. Cooper, Program Specialist, Office of Child Care, LA County Chief Administrative Office.

  • "I always felt I owe the families my best"

  • "I had a child, his father died...I had no idea how to support a family through this but I knew I needed to learn."
Leticia Lara, LCSW, Regional Manager, Outreach and Professional Development, Zero to Three.

"What are my values, my beliefs, my ideas that lead me to action? What do I do so naturally that perhaps seems natural to me but challenging to others."











     



 



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