“Your personal, individual super powers live within your inner landscape. Stop blaming, whining, complaining and acting like a victim. You do have the power to choose. That’s your responsibility. Put the phone down; put the drugs and booze away; stop eating crap; stop checking out by putting your attention and energy on other people whoContinue reading “Sticks and Stones”
Category Archives: Quotes & Questions
Teaching & Learning About the Places That Scare You
The following quotes are taken from The Places That Scare Us by Pema Chodron where she describes the exploration of the inner landscape that I believe is sorely needed as part of kids’ education more than ever before: “We’re encouraged to meditate every day, even for a short time, in order to cultivate this steadfastness withContinue reading “Teaching & Learning About the Places That Scare You”
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Real Teaching is Risky Business
Recently, I had a minimalist-inspired moment and decided to simplify my life, starting with my living room. I had no problem removing excess decor, but when it came to my beloved bookshelves full of my precious books, I winced. Could I, should I, part with my books? Why had I kept so many all theseContinue reading “Real Teaching is Risky Business”
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Dear Mr. & Mrs. Know-it-all
Dear Mr. & Mrs. Know-it-all, In The American Scholar, his speech to Harvard graduates, Ralph Waldo Emerson proclaimed, “Life is a dictionary!” encouraging Americans, especially the young scholars in front of him, to trust their own experiences: direct, sensory experience in nature, if they truly wanted to live a life of learning. You can readContinue reading “Dear Mr. & Mrs. Know-it-all”
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Qs & Qs: Henry David Thoreau
“I found thus that I had been a rich man without any damage to my poverty. But I retained the landscape, and I have since annually carried off what is yielded without a wheel-barrow.” — Henry David Thoreau I thought it appropriate to begin my first “Quotes & Questions” blog post exploring a fewContinue reading “Qs & Qs: Henry David Thoreau”
