#Act– to do something, to make effect some kind of change in the fabric of the universe, to set being in motion. #Act– to pretend, to disguise, to embody, to put on airs. #Act– a part of a play that has a beginning, middle, and end. A unit of existence that has narrative integrity.
Lists
30 essential questions for life p.1/6
The Hebrew month of Elul begins tomorrow. It’s a month of spiritual reflection and preparation culminating in Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. In honor of Elul I’ll be posting what I’m calling “30 essential questions for life.” Here are the first 5: 1) What am I running toward? What am I running from? 2) […]
Life Lessons
1. Never miss an opportunity to cuddle with your kids. 2. It’s a joy to be able to give people what they want, especially when they want something good and positive. 3. Forgetting to pick up the dry cleaning is pretty easy to do. 4. Just because you encounter the same situation or opportunity doesn’t […]
10 things that happened
1. Finished the On Being podcast interview with Mary Oliver. She pointed out the importance of paying attention and suggested that paying attention was a gateway toward cultivating empathy– attention being necessary but not sufficient. This interview, brought to my attention via Brain Pickings, is REQUIRED listening for all human beings. 2. Ran two miles until my […]
On making lists (my 100th post)
The beauty of making a list is that somehow, inevitably, some of the stuff on the list ends up shedding light on the other stuff and so on, making the entire process strangely (though perhaps only dimly) illuminating. Also, the items of the list cease to exist independent of one another and removing any single […]
10 things that happened
It’s good to make lists. Especially when the elegance of prose (to say nothing of poetry) is elusive. It’s good to sift through a day or some other period of time and see what gets caught in the mesh. 1) Had lunch with a dear colleague. Got creative. 2) Listened to my daughter kvetch about […]