Teaching Is A Lifelong Journey Poem by Jann Matthew Papin

To teach is to touch the lives of many
And to help us learn Life's lessons.
But to teach well is to make a difference
In all the lives you touch.

To teach is to be a parent, nurse, friend, and confidant;
To be a supporter, a teacher and a motivator.
But to teach well is to be all if these things,
Yet not to lose sight of who you are.
You share a part of yourself
With all those lives you have touched.

To teach is to be tender, loving,
strong and giving to all who rely upon you;
To encourage and praise.
But to teach well is to believe in what and whom you teach.

A teacher comes to master these many jobs
throughout the years.
But those who teach well
recognize that there will always be more
to learn in life's journey,
and they never hesitate to strive to learn it.