"The teacher who walks in the shadow of the temple,
among his followers, gives not of his wisdom
but of his faith and his lovingness."
- K. Gibran

The real challenge of being a teacher has nothing to do with mastering the actual subject matter, although that is necessary. The key to any teacher is his or her willingness to meet the others in his world and to speak from the place of his deepest understanding. Every teacher must find the ones to whom she can speak. More importantly, every teacher must have the courage to speak of that which she knows and that which he also knows is practically impossible to communicate.