Micah Lapidus

Daily Life

Remember (#BlogElul 13)

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  remember that thing that happened and how it made you feel and what was said and what was done and what was unsaid and what was undone and who was there and who was absent and who was there without really being there and who was absent without really being absent and what came […]

Hear

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I continue to try and engage the themes of #BlogElul. Today’s topic: HEAR. I. Hear a baby crying Hear a baby laughing Hear a child whispering Hear a child speaking Hear a child singing Hear a woman talking Hear a woman praying Hear a man walking Hear a man coughing Hear feet shifting Hear a […]

Choose life

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  The Torah teaches, “Choose life…” Choose life. Choose blessing. Choose laughter. Choose openness to change. Choose fearlessness. Choose spaciousness. Choose loving-kindness. Choose walking. Choose dancing. Choose listening. Choose quieting. Choose responding. Choose awakening. Choose seeing. Choose breathing. Choose compassion. Choose community. Choose learning. Choose honesty. Choose equanimity. Choose love. Choose life.

A Calendar Appointment with Myself

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Tomorrow is my 37th birthday. This evening I received an “Outlook” invitation to an appointment called, “Micah.” Location? “Out.” Basically this means that one of my colleagues invited me and a few other folks to lunch on my birthday. But when the calendar invitation first came through I had the uncanny experience of accepting an […]

Live Deeply

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I’m inspired once again by Thich Nhat Hahn’s writings in “Teachings on Love”: Each moment of our lives, each moment that is given to us to live, we have to live very deeply. If you are capable of living deeply one moment of your life, you can learn to live the same way all the […]

A Daily Miracle

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  Today was the first day of pre-planning for the faculty and staff of The Davis Academy. A number of us “report” to Davis year-round, but the majority of our faculty came “back to school” today energized from a well-deserved summer break. Mingling at our opening breakfast, attending various meetings and other pre-planning activities, I […]