Consider how you want to re-create yourself. You're the clay you have to shape. Be your own sculptor. Like air, be clear and transparent. Be honest with yourself and others.
Education is a higher pursuit than that.
Seek the energy of eternal delight. Don't be embarrassed to be passionate about learning. Remember that teaching is a Promethean task, bringing fire down from the gods, in order to enlighten the world. Language teaching is part of the struggle for human liberation from forces that enslave us. Join the liberators, not the oppressors.