Are You Worth Your Salt?
Did you know that Roman Legions were paid in salt? This payment was called "salarium." This is where the word salary came from.
Thank you Kawika, Lisa, Kelli and others for the salt you have given us and for the opportunity to give back to the earth for all that it has given to us. Planting the tea leaves today was a real spiritual experience, connecting us back to the roots from which we all came.
As I felt the salt in my hands, Matthew 5:13 came to mind, "Ye are the salt of the earth. But if the salt lose it taste, how can it be made salty again? It is good for nothing but to be thrown out and trampled on by people."
By calling us salt, God is telling us that we have the responsibility and the opportunity to be a positive influence in the world. In our case, our focus is our students and it is our responsibility to let them see and be touched by the standards we set for ourselves. Like salt we can be:
1. A Preserving Agent---preserving what is good in our students
2. A Penetrating Agent---being active forces to encourage our students to reach for the highest
3. A Pleasing agent---living our lives that we bring out the best in our students
So SALT, keep your taste and continue to increase your influence on your students, your community, and your world.
Aloha and Mahalo to all of you for sharing your stories and delicious treats!
Thank you for your opening question. It is the essence of whether we are worth our salt (salaries) or not. When inspired or asked to take responsibility for a project or change, do we say yes and take it on (earn our salt), or do we say no, let someone else do it; or I can't do it but I'll tell them what to do. All the while accepting the stipends for the workshops, or the level x salaries without accepting the responsibilities that come with them. My hope is that all of us who accepted this workshop will deliver our salt's worth and not leave Kelli, Kristine, Lavache, Kawika, Kanai and Kauka high and dry, and the school trying to justify what the granting body got for it's money. Salt, or something else that starts with the same letter...
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