Origin of stamina: Latin, plural of stamen warp, thread of life spun by the Fates.Origin of stamina: Latin, plural of stamen warp, thread of life spun by the Fates (to determine the length and course of one’s life). First Known Use: 1726
Theme for spring
Maybe stamina is partly up to us and our habits–determination, healthy living to be strong in all aspects of human well being–physical, intellectual, emotional, spiritual–and maybe there is something deeper that propels to endure for the long haul.
Stamina: Physical or moral strength to resist or withstand illness, fatigue, or hardship; endurance.
Stamina: great physical or mental strength that allows you to continue doing something for a long time
Stamina may refer to Endurance, the ability of an organism to exert itself and remain active for a long period of time, as well as its ability to resist, withstand, recover from, and have immunity to trauma, wounds, or fatigue.
During these months of daily writing with a theme of how teachers keep going, how they find ways to do what they believe is good for kids, I see more and more there is something essential about being human beings that all the quotes, stories, poems and conversations touch on. I see that every time a teacher has talked about the good things that are still happening in teaching, every time I hear about a student whose life or thinking or hope was strengthened, every time a colleague’s support is described as crucial, I am hearing something perhaps connected to our fate, the course of our lives.
Perhaps those people in schools who are staying with it through all these challenges are living their fate.