Traveling the World Through Others
If you read the previous post, you know about my dilemma. My school is coming after books, and I am running a Student Book Club in perhaps my most misguided attempt at protecting them. After my conversation with my principal, I felt I needed to inform the other teachers of what they will be getting…
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As a parent and a teacher of teenagers, I often wonder about control. I don’t think I have a very controlling personality, but let’s be honest. Can I even begin to discern that measure of myself? I know I have been seeing issues of control popping up in many of my interactions or even in…
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Malcolm Gladwell has written a ton of amazing books. One of my personal favorites is Outliers. This was the first book I read by Gladwell, but it certainly was not the last. For those of you who are not familiar with Gladwell, he is a researcher who poses interesting questions about life and society, and…
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The word “victim” means someone who is harmed, injured or killed by someone else’s action or some event. This is the first definition. The second one (according to Webster’s Dictionary) is one who is tricked or duped. Either definition denotes a state many seek to avoid. Being a victim means you have suffered harm at…
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Marianne Williamson has this great quote, which often gets wrongly attributed to Muhammad Ali, but it deeply reflects a state of mind many feel. She writes the following: ““Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that…
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The Lion King is a Disney classic that is easily paired with Shakespeare’s Hamlet. The structure of the protagonist (young male who should be King) and the antagonist (older male usurper of the crown) are just two obvious comparisons. The conflict also centers around avenging the murder of a King but it is all set…
Read MoreMany years ago, I read Gary Zukav’s book The Seat of the Soul. It was a game changer for me. It was recommended by a friend who just moved away to live on an Native American Reservation in New Mexico. I picked it up, but I never imagined the path I would take after reading…
Read MoreI recently read this quote in Born to Run. Ken Chlouber was a Colorado miner and the creator of the Leadville Trail 100, which is an ultramarathon trail that goes through the dirt roads near the heart of the Rocky Mountains. An ultramarathon is 42.195. I enjoy running. I have even done a half marathon.…
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The Wandering Empath 