Getting height helps, moving up either in reality or in our minds. When we are most grounded is when we can let loose from our bodies and float up above ourselves, seeing our problems for what they are: distractions. Fear makes me unhappy. I'm afraid of so many things, what others think of me, what... Continue Reading →
Here’s to the Ostrich
Relaxing. I wish I could. I don't know why I can't. The internal dialogue in my head is just waiting for someone to find me out, accuse me of something I should have done or done better or done before or faster or whatever. So I stay tense, and unsure of myself, and it's really... Continue Reading →
For the Birds
I'm slowly becoming a birder. A lot of my childhood was spent with my father shushing me while he looked at something through his binoculars, so there's history behind this. However, one of the things I really got from my dad was not a love of bird watching, but just the idea that all things... Continue Reading →
Teenagers as Commodities
"The most valuable commodity on planet earth is a young mind with a willingness to learn." -- Stephen West I liked this quote from Stephen West's Philosophize This! podcast, but I take issue with the word "commodity". To be fair, it's part of a longer quote "Real quickly, the most valuable commodity on planet earth... Continue Reading →