Lessons Learned at Camp

When you work at a summer camp, you learn a lot about yourself and others.  I thought I'd share some of what I've learned since arriving at Pillsbury in this post.

• Once one begins to appreciate the small things, it's easier to appreciate life in general.
• Working with kids can wear one out physically and mentally.
• There are moments when a kid starts to cry and you just don't want to deal with crying kid(s), but you do only to see a smile that brightens your day just a little.
• Some days, when it's peaceful on camp, you love the time to be quiet and be alone.  On other peaceful days at camp, you actually miss the chaos of kids everywhere.
• Sometimes a kid tries to throw you a ball, and it hits you in the face, and a week later the same kid gets whacked in the face by a ball.  Having experienced getting hit in the face with a ball then allows you to understand how the kid feels when it happens to them.
• Sometimes the kids are the reason you get through those rough days where you're worn out and all you want to do is sleep.  They smile, laugh, tell jokes, and are often better at being themselves without censoring what they think, feel and say than we as adults are.  Maybe as adults, we need to learn how to be child-like, and be the person that doesn't hide their rough edges.