T-3.IX The Fear of Teaching.

2-28-2025

“Here I am, Lord.” (12.1)

At lunch yesterday with P, I was telling him about the shakiness I feel in the minutes before and after I speak in my classes. I don’t like it because I can’t engage with what people before me and after me are saying. He said to  me that his method is to get present by telling himself, “I am here”.

I feel a connection between this conversation and the line above. Grounding, getting present, can offer kindness to my body which is energized. Bringing my mind to the spiritual support I desire in that moment can clear my mind.

Christ Jesus, be with me. Here I am.