Magic in Any Language

For the past 9 months I have been doing ESL tutoring. I love it!  How do I know I love it? Because I arrive tired and leave at 9:00 after a full day of work feeling totally alive and energized!!  There are students from France, Panama, Ecuador, Somalia, Ethiopia, Iraq, Libya, Uzbekistan, and Kazakastan. I learn so much from them and see how hard they work, how hard they try because they want to speak English well, they want to get good jobs, they want to realize dreams for their families. They are just like all of us. And they have such gratitude for us, their teachers. They truly appreciate the work we put into the class. It makes you feel good. A few weeks ago, Amira from Libya told me I have a kind face. Shirley, from Ecuador told me she loved me because I could explain things to her in Spanish. Tonight, when I was getting ready to leave, Amira came up to me and with a big smile said, "I really like your class."  What a boost! What a high! To me, this is magic!!