What are you teaching?

At college I
developed a motto:
to learn, to do, to teach.

So a  few little things
here and there
to colleagues,
most as qualified as I.

Sometimes trivial matters,
as my son will call
for some from distant city
wanting to know
if bears live
in Minnesota.

A little bit about meditation,
because a teacher of that art
must be careful.
Linking minds is done cautiously.

I'm still learning, still doing.

What I might teach by
what I say, do,
or don't do,
or won't say,
I may never know.

It is the ripple in the pond
of right living
that has effects one
cannot see in a lifetime.

Being, aware,
letting the flow
move through me
and into others
is the key.

A smile, a shared idea that
someone else took and ran with
and made a difference in
their life and the life of others:
a fitness program
that staved off a heart attack.

We can all teach that way.