She is on her way

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This made me breath a little more deeply today after so much chaos since the beginning of the year. Many years ago, Arundhati Roy said, “Ano...

Love life in a form that is not your own

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  This passage from Rlke is so touching as his 150th birthday just recently swept by on Dec. 4. "The space around you is beginning to g...

live in it

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“I am not telling you to make the world better. I’m just telling you to live in it. Not just to endure it, not just to suffer it, not just t...

Easter traditions

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“Because children have abounding vitality, because they are in spirit fierce and free, therefore they want things repeated and unchanged. Th...

tikkun olam - repairing the world

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This stupid war of Putin's aggression is now over 50 days old. This statement of resistance is so powerful. It makes me wonder what I wi...

Don't hesitate

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To use the words of Brene Brown, we should stop dress-rehearsing tragedy.  "If you suddenly and unexpectedly feel joy, don’t hesitate. ...

new generations

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  Still thinking about Ukraine and this war of Russian aggression. I couldn't imagine the trauma of digging up mass graves in Bucha, and...

that thing with feathers that perches in the soul

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March 25: Tatiana Rurak kneels as she holds her daughter, Oleksandra Rurak, as they watch Ukrainian military members carry the casket of her...

infinite succession... future friday

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I love this definition of future:  an infinite succession of presents  via { rebecca solnit }

a good reminder

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In honor of Einstein's birthday this month: a physicist's approach to the serenity prayer is a good reminder for a Monday morning.  ...

defining the self... future friday

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The activist and poet Audre Lorde gave us many gems in the form of her scholarship, and one of her more popular quotes warns us of the conse...

more food for thought

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  via { humanity and peace }

barbaric behaviors

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The news out of Ukraine this week is so incredibly upsetting. Gergiev, a Putin-friendly Russian conductor was just fired from his leadership...

the music of what happens... future fridays

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I am putting this here as a reminder for myself and for anyone who needs to hear it.  As I continue to struggle, trying to find my place in ...

trees

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The trees, they sing... are you also looking for that invincible summer in the doldrums of this Monday morning?  “In the midst of winter, I...

a good reminder

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100 Days

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Emma the Wise. What are you doing to imagine your best life with no crap? Happy Sunday!  “How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend ...

transform... future fridays

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The essence of teaching (and maybe parenting? I have yet to find out): empowering a human being see themselves in a way that they transform ...

friendship

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"I spent the holidays in New York, visiting old friends and reconnecting with a world that had continued without me in a way that felt ...

joy

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“Even a wounded world is feeding us. Even a wounded world holds us, giving us moments of wonder and joy. I choose joy over despair. Not beca...