Page 3 - Yearbook 2019-2020

MESSAGE FROM HEAD OF SCHOOL
Matthew Campbell Woodhall
We end this school year during a most challenging time in our nation. We are living in an era of uncertainty, unrest, and change. It can be difficult to unbraid all of our feelings. We must keep perspective, treat others with compassion, and to journey through our days and nights with gratitude.
This yearbook will serve as a testament to the strength of The Woodhall School community. Let us remember our time this school year not only on campus but also during distance learning. Let us remember our old and new relationships, our leaving and our gathering, our setbacks and successes. At this time, I find myself turning to the words of the teacher, writer, and American Tibetan Buddhist, Pema Chödrön:
“Things falling apart is a kind of testing and also a kind of healing. We think that the point is to pass the test or to overcome the problem, but the truth is that things don’t really get solved. They come together and they fall apart. Then they come together again and fall apart again. It’s just like that. The healing comes from letting there be room for all of this to happen: room for grief, for relief, for misery, for joy. When we think that something is going to bring us pleasure, we don’t know what’s really going to happen. When we think something is going to give us misery, we don’t know. Letting there be room for not knowing is the most important thing of all. We try to do what we think is going to help. But we don’t know. We never know if we’re going to fall flat or sit up tall. When there’s a big disappointment, we don’t know if that’s the end of the story. It may be just the beginning of a great adventure.”