BS An administrator once shared that she would rather be eaten by an alligator than nibbled to death by ducks.
Many times handling the big problems is easier than facing the same annoyances day after day.
Towards the end of one particularly trying school year, I had to face the fact that I had endured duck nibbling for years. In my effort to focus on the big, important issues, such as teaching lessons, keeping accurate records, and handling discipline problems, I had ignored or rather endured little annoyances. Now all the little things had banned together and had successfully sapped my energy and joy. It occurred to me that day that perhaps if I would invest part of the energy I used in tolerating a problem to find a solution, I might be able to relieve myself of some of the little daily burdens. I was most frustrated in preparing for each day's lessons.