Dagara life

"...in Dagara life, the first few years of a child's life is spent with the grandparents, not the parents. What the grandparents and grandchildren share together ... that the parents do not ... is their close proximity to the cosmos. Grandparents will soon return to where the grandchildren came from, so therefore the grandchild is the bearer of news the grandparents need. The grandparents must get this information before the child forgets."

Malidoma Some "Of Water and the Spirit"

Magic

Every day is a new day, we are ready for all the magic and beauty that life has to offer.

Do it. Throw yourself.

"The only way that we can live, is if we grow. The only way that we can grow is if we change. The only way that we can change is if we learn. The only way we can learn is if we are exposed. And the only way that we can become exposed is if we throw ourselves out into the open. Do it. Throw yourself."


- C. JoyBell C.

David Bowie - Changes

We are ...

Art : Milt Kobayashi

"We are all ordinary. We are all boring. We are all spectacular. We are all shy.
We are all bold. We are all heroes. We are all helpless.
It just depends on the day."

 

-  Brad Meltzer

love

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Simply joy

John Atkinson Grimshaw "Iris" (1886)

"There are seconds, they only come five or six at a time, and you suddenly feel the presence of eternal harmony, fully achieved. It is nothing earthly; not that it's heavenly, but man cannot endure it in his earthly state. One must change physically or die. The feeling is clear and indisputable. As if you suddenly sense the whole of nature and suddenly say: yes, this is true. This is not tenderheartedness, but simply joy."


~ Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Devils

Wishing You and all a Happy, Healthy and Prosperous New Year!

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Be generous

During this season of gift giving, reflect on how you might practice generosity throughout the year. There are many ways to cultivate an attitude of generosity in daily life. Here are just a few that can be quite powerful:

Be generous with your attention

when you're listening to someone.

Be generous in celebrating another

person's happiness.

Be generous with your sympathy toward

someone who has experienced loss.

Be generous with your

respect of others.

Be generous with your

willingness to be helpful.

Life goes on

Blackbird’s nest in the folded hands of a statue on a graveyard in Berlin, Germany (1932)

"In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on."

- Robert Frost

Hello, today's music

 

Jimmy, Adele & The Roots Sing "Hello" (w/Classroom Instruments)

and Who Am I ?

 tired, empty, lacking energy, uninspired

 longing creativity
 

 Powerless

 make the best of this Sunday

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