book
forfeited
television
captured
attention
Reagan
Gorbachev
Moscow
Berlin Wall
say
what
you
might
about
politics
I/Thou
created
possibility
What happens when….
we look for the best in one another instead of encouraging the worst?
I feel like I could stop here.
In simplest Gail speak, this says everything I want to say.
And yet,
that will leave a few loose threads.
I’ll stitch them in.
What happens when….
we are rigid and closed?
In a recent conversation, synchronized with my ingestion of Kurt Vonnegut’s Galapagos, and this article by Zat Rana, I find myself thinking about evolution, Darwin, and survival of the fittest.
A few weeks back Henrietta and I passed a big, aggressive, leashed dog. (I always have empathy for twolegs walking such pooches—if you recall—when walked, Mara assumed a posture of “the best defense is a good offense” when we passed other pooches.)
Anyhow, I found it interesting that the heavily coated fourleg’s name was Goliath. I envisioned Henrietta’s reaction if the dogs were unleashed. Would she run? Or, lay on her back? I’ve seen her do both in other situations—at the dog park.
Does the biggest, strongest, most beautiful have an advantage? Or, is it the most adaptable that survives in the end?
What happens when….
you walk into a room?
When I worked in a kindergarten classroom, I learned much about human connection. When I entered a classroom grouchy and bossy, I got grouchy and bossy (or cowering) in return. (haha!….okay I don’t think I made many children cower….except for sometimes my own….and he’s well beyond that now)
When I entered lighthearted, looking for possibility, I received joy instead.
If I take personal responsibility for my actions and attitude, life becomes an exercise in growth. What happens outside of me is directly related to what’s happening inside of me, not the other way ‘round.
In physics’ speak, the explicate contains the implicate.
What happens when….
Rather than a problem to be solved, the world is a joyful mystery to be contemplated with gladness and praise. ~Pope Francis
Dawn breaking in the distance suggests “the early bird gets the worm!” Speaking metaphorically, I think the life of an early riser often bespeaks a more active, productive approach to life. For the present, that has allowed you to create a quilt of ideas, images, and quotes all arising from your “worm hunting.” Mouth agape, this young bird is always eager when you return from your next “hunt.”