Hello, my friends, and welcome to the Live Inspired podcast, Monday and Morning Moments with John O'Leary.

If you've been hanging out with us for more than just a couple of weeks,

you know that we frequently begin these episodes either with a question or a quote.

Today we're going to begin with my brother William Arthur Ward and this beautiful quote,

The mediocre teacher tells.

The good teacher explains.

The superior teacher demonstrates and the great teacher, that's you ladies and gentlemen in the audience, you ready for it, the great teacher inspires.

Speaking of inspiration, the last time I saw one of the great inspirations in my life, her name was Kathy Collins, was at her house. Before that evening, it had

been more than 20 years since Kathy and I had visited. After learning that she'd been diagnosed

with cancer and was not expected to make a full recovery, I wanted to see her, I wanted to visit

with her, and teachers, I wanted to thank her.

Her husband, his name was Jack, met me at the front door, shook my hand and guided me through the house back to his wife.

She was in the family room. She was resting in a large hospital bed. Although she was dying, Kathy still had a sparkle in her eye and a welcoming look on her face.

It was this big, beautiful, radiant, joyful smile.

I'll never forget it.

Two decades earlier, the situations had been completely reversed.

After being burned so terribly, I was scared and scarred and medicated.

I was a little kid recovering from the burns in the hospital bed.

I had bandages my friends over the entire body, was connected to various machines, and was being prepared to finally go home.

Kathy was called in to do a tutoring job with a nine-year-old boy who was an agonizing pain,

could not focus, that was before the fire, had no fingers, and did not really like school in the

first place. And then we met. And I remember she walked into the hospital room. She approached my

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