The Optimism of Uncertainty

The sensitive events on Monday have caused us all to take pause and come together for one another more than ever as a Waukesha family. The conversations with staff this week when we ask one another how are you...has caused us all to lean in more and listen with our hearts.
The hugs have lasted just a little bit longer.

As we face each new day with compassion, courage and kindness I encourage all of us to care for one another every day with a purpose and energy like we have this week. We owe it to our students and each other as one Waukesha family.

From The Onward Workbook: Daily Activities to Cultivate Your Emotional Resilience and Thrive by Elena Aguilar, Howard Zinn writes, "An optimist isn't necessarily a blithe, slightly sappy whistler in the dark of our time. To be hopeful in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. It is based on the fact that human history is a history not only of cruelty, but also of compassion, sacrifice, courage, kindness. What we choose to emphasize in this complex history will determine our lives. If we see only the worst, it destroys our capacity to do something. If we remember those times and places- and there are so many- where people behaved magnificently, this gives us energy to act, and at least the possibility of sending this spinning top of a world in a different direction."