4th Grade TiLT
[ 6 November 2008 ]
I received this email today, & it blew me away, so I had to share it with you.
“Ok, so you don’t know me but I am likely, nope surely one of your HUGEST fans. I have no idea how I discovered your blog, but I adore you. You are the cool kid I want to be. You have this touch that when I read something you write I get it, I juuuust get it. Anyway, I started a Things You Love Thursdays email to my friends and family. Really, I only have 22 people on my TiLT list. But it has exponentially EXPLODED into this thing where I get comments like “I look forward to your TiLTs Thursday mornings” and people are passing it on.
Yesterday I got an email that said that my girlfriend that I went to teaching university with was sharing this with her grade 4 class:
I do TiLT with my students every Thursday and they love it. Here are a few responses that I will share:
I love Video Game night on Thursdays
Today I got 6-8 emails back of TiLTs from some of my closest friends/family. The best part is that even people on my TiLT list that know none of my other friends and family hit “reply to all” so everyone gets the TiLT joy! They were fabulous!
Anyway, what I wanted to tell you was that you have inspired even us Canadians to be grateful and thank the universe for all of our blessings. So for this I thank YOU miss Gala beautiful! I have had the worst year of my life and I feel like your blog and your hilarious and wonderful take on life has inspired me to keep going! So thanks a super bunch!”
I am so filled with happy right now. & I swear, “bacon!!!!” is the best TiLT entry in the history of the universe! Consider this a late addition to my own TiLT!
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This is so sweet and made me smile a lot [:
So true! Gala you rock!
XxXxX
i love this. a little sunshine to this cloudy, rainy day!
That’s such a great bacon (hah, I MEANT beacon, but the typo was perfectly apropos) of joy and happiness and light! What a wonderful way to share TiLT with those you love and spread positive energy to all around you… perhaps we need Obama’s weekly TiLT ;)
Well, being vegan I can’t say bacon, but I love that the feeling and the joy is catching on!
My main TiLT this week were the animal welfare props that happened in California and Mass. So some animals will have some things to love too!
Luv
Poochie
I am an aspiring primary school teacher and this sounds like such a fun thing to do with kids!
And i agree with Ashe Mischief, I wonder what would be on Obama’s TiLT? I’m sure it would be pretty damn inspirational.
xxx
Oh wow. You must be on cloud nine right now!
I love the bacon!!! one but the one about the aunt dying of cancer is so poignant and sincere.
awwww, thats awesome!
Too cute! The honesty and straight-forwardness of little kids just kills me. Thanks for sharing!
I wanted to represent the men on all the TILT lists!- thank you for the great idea!
That’s fabulous! I laughed out loud when I got to bacon!!!!, that kind of encouragement and gratitude must be so amazing to receive, thanks for sharing!
love this and I agree with what she says you are a gem and my family and friends LOVE T.I.L.T too!
That’s adorable! :D
hi gala—i have started doing tilt with my friends on thursdays as well. one of them recently started teaching at an english school in lithuania, and is now doing it with her students, too! your idea is so amazing and far-reaching. thanks for inspiring us all!
Owwwww. I laughed at the “bacon!!!!” comment before I even saw that you and others had.
Also being a vegetarian New Zealander in Canada I can totally vouch Canadians love their bacon.
I also have a 3 year old and this post reminds me why I love children so much. Them, and all the little things in life.
Owwwww. I laughed at the “bacon!!!!” comment before I even saw that you and others had.
Being a vegetarian New Zealander in Canada I can totally vouch Canadians love their bacon.
I also have a 3 year old and this post reminds me why I love children so much. Them, and all the little things in life.
I totally agree with “tomorrow is Friday”.
You’re changing the world, baby! Mwah-mwah-mwah!!
This made me smile: “you have inspired even us Canadians”. I always thought Canadians were the coolest kind of North Americans. I mean, they speak French, and um, hello MICHAEL J FOX. (And did anyone else ever watch Due South? “Thank you kindly.”)
This gave me shivers when I read this and also brought the biggest smile to my face.
The people on the bus are looking at me weird for it.
But it’s true, Gala you are an amazing specimin and your blog has pretty much saved me!
Here’s mt TiLT: – the weekend – my 2 amazing best friends – bob dylan and jimi hendrix!!!! They’re music does strange things to me. – vintage pieces and the thrill you get from purchasing them – little kids with a high intelligence. I’m swear I’m a magnet to these types of kids and they always amaze me. – when everything just works out – costume jewellery – shoes. Especially high ones. – eating blueberries and strawberrys at the same time
Have a lovely day :D
Canada loves you!!
Come visit us some time.
Poochie — Fake bacon, then? :D (Fake bacon is better than real bacon, je crois...)
Maya — I would be honoured if you started doing it!
Kristy — Oh, wow! That is absolutely amazing. Thank you so much for letting me know! I am gobsmacked!
Matea — I think “bacon!!!!” is going to be my new way of saying I’m happy. I’ll just yell it at random! Hahah!
Nadine — Oh yeah, it’s ALL about Michael J. Fox! Haha. You are obsessed with him! Do you have a shrine to him in your living room? I bet you do! xx
sophie — You should blow kisses at your fellow passengers. Hee! Mwah!
Valentina — I would love to! I have wanted to check out Vancouver forever. It’s in the plans for 2009, I promise!
Most people, when feeling down indulge in some thing that makes them feel good, such as having a nice warm bath, eating expensive chocolate or even having a fancy cupcake with sprinkles. I come here, you are so incredibly inspirational and motivational that you are my pick-me-up. You catch my little spark of positivity and turn it into a full fledged celebration of all things magnificent.
Thank you Gala!
bwahahaha Bacon!!!
When you teach them right at a young age, they hold onto those values forever. By inspiring their teachers, you are changing the world!
haha.
I’ve been vegetarian for six years, and bacon was the only thing I have ever missed.
I recently had a friend cook some in front of me on a backpacking trip, and now I don’t really miss it anymore, but I am so hooked on vegetarian bacon that it is not even funny. I have been unable to find any here in Ireland, and that is possibly the first thing I’m buying when I get back to the US in december.
so sweet!
That is freaking awesome. I think teaching children the power of gratitude as early on in life as possible is one of the most important things we can do. And I love the email idea! xx
OMG, that’s so amazing! 4th grade TiLT! I think it’s kind of a perfect exercise for kids actually… simple enough to pick up easily but at the same time it makes them sit back and think for a minute and also not take for granted what they’re already blessed with in their young lives.
I started joining in with TiLT on my own blog a few weeks ago… I’ve been enjoying it… it’s a great way to sort of collect my thoughts and analyze everything that’s making me tick and putting a smile on my face in the past week or so.
Kids are great! I love this random sampling of their lists…
It prompted me to post my own! FINALLY! (I’ve been reading yours for a while now…)
Also, I may just join you in yelling “Bacon!” to express my utter joy of things!
Tomorrow IS friday! Woohoo!!!!
Oh wow Gala that made me grin! How amazing for you! x
I just discovered you and I love what I am reading. It makes me smile.
I am totally doing this…I love Things You Love Thursays
Too cute. :)
BACON!
Haha! That is totally the best answer evereverever.
This totally made my Thursday.
Awwwwwwwwwww. That is adorable :)
I, too, love bacon.
things i love thursday:
1. mgmt’s talking heads cover (youtube it!)
2. the unstoppable dress-and-cowboy-boot combination
3. birth control! my body is my body, baby!
4. japanese pan noodles with tofu from Noodles & Co.
5. jack kerouac’s tristessa.. best book ever.
6. the western channel. Shanendoah, anyone?
7. my cat vincent, aka Loving Spoonful.
8. naps.. purr
9. using Arrested Development marathons as an excuse to hang out with a Boy.
10. barack! and- roll!
11. and for falling asleep… Cocorosie’s Noah’s Ark album
:)
Me & Bacon r best friends. I love it.
This totally brightened my day! Isn’t it incredible how many people participate in TiLT, in different ways? It blows my mind :)
That is just so sweet!
Children live with such joy and enthusiasm..such a perfect reminder to start doing the same, appreciating the little things- informing people that I too love bacon!
awww that’s cuuute! _
Make sure to stop by Toronto too ;)
LOL “bacon!!” That’s hilarious :D
I also love, “tomorrow is Friday” – why didnt i think of that one!! Kids rock.
Hi! I am the teacher that sent the message from my class. I have to say they are HOOKED! If I ever forget that it is Thursday I just know that one or two will be asking for sticky notes to write their TiLT on. I have kept them on from the beginning of the year and will make a book of it to remember what a great year it has been…
Thanks for the inspirational idea!!!
Je crois que fake bacon is better than real bacon too! I am loving the TiLt. I’m going to do it for myself every week – Thursday being my fav day and all, very uplifting!
“BACON!!!” made me smile! :)