I took a walk through Lullwater Park before Kol Nidre. I came upon this bench. I was so happy to see the message inscribed in the wood and also delighted by the fact that there’s no way to sit on it. Sometimes we leave messages, intended and unintended, for one another. We never know if, […]
Daily Life
Where the Sidewalk Is
The last couple of days I’ve enjoyed walking between our Lower and Middle School campuses. The walk must be about 1/4 mile and the sad fact is that sometimes it’s quicker to walk than to drive. That, coupled with the cooler weather and the unexpected things I’ve seen and experienced while walking have made the […]
Judge (#BlogElul 19)
No one had to appoint you judge, jury, and executioner. You took that upon yourself. Like the protagonist in a Kafka story. Now you’re banging the gavel, viewing yourself through the eyes of 12 strange and unseeing peers, and dawning the black hood of your own premature demise. And like a character only Kafka […]
My PLN– Life Experience
This post is part of #BlogAMonth, a Blog series devoted to exploring professional learning topics. The real question facing every professional and indeed every human being is this: how are you growing in your profession or in your humanity? On the one hand, growth is an inevitability. To live is to grow. On the other […]
Change (#BlogElul 15)
Come to an old place in a new way hang around long enough and eventually you’ll ask what’s different this time around nothing and everything someone says go ahead and ask again everything and nothing someone says
Learn (#BlogElul 14)
learn yourself what makes you happy and what you do in that happiness what makes you sad and what you do with that sadness what makes you angry and where that anger lives within you what brings you peace and what you do with that peace what makes you smile and what your smile […]