The Heaviest Burdens

The thought-provoking Buddhist words, ‘The heaviest burdens that we carry are the thoughts within our head’, is a phrase that I often come back to when faced with a complexity of simultaneous issues and problems.

School leaders have all had a lot of time to think about their schools and the predicament that both they and our wonderful sector have found themselves in over the past couple of years. 

Some schools continue to struggle, and can’t seem to find a way through; many schools have ceased to exist, and I suspect that the mental health and personal well-being of school leaders have been challenged to an extreme degree. 

Please do give some thought to your own ‘burdens’ and don’t ever be afraid to ask for help.