Being Awake
“To love. To be loved. To never forget your own
insignificance. To never get used to the unspeakable
violence and the vulgar disparity of life around you. To
seek joy in the saddest places. To pursue beauty to its lair.
To never simplify what is complicated or complicate what
is simple. To respect strength, never power. Above all, to
watch. To try and understand. To never look away.
And never, never, to forget.”
Priorities
A co-worker brought in an old movie from home that she’d thought I’d enjoy. For two weeks, it sat on my coffee table. While interested, it just wasn’t a priority for me. And as more days passed, I began to feel a sense of urgency to watch it – to ...
Dr. Kevorkian
Dr. Jack Kevorkian was released earlier this month, having spent eight years in jail at a cost in excess of four hundred thousand dollars for helping people who wanted to die to be able to do so with surety and dignity. I wonder if the agreement that was reached before ...
Gestures
My brother and I attended a Chicago Cubs baseball game a few weeks ago and part of the fun was watching the interaction between the players in the outfield and the fans sitting in the bleachers. Sometimes after the inning warm up, the left-fielder would throw a ball into the ...
Reminders
We transported my daughter's horse 1600 miles. When we walked into the boarding stable, relaxing music was playing as well as messages on the tack board, stall assignment, feed schedule that spoke to sharing and being loving kindness. Does it take a reminder to be aware of the grace and ...
Who Has the Power?
As a society, we consistently speak as if we can teach, motivate, inspire, educate and empower other people. I wonder what it will take for us to understand that we can do none of these things? ...
Posted on September 30, 2017, 12:33 pm By The Boothby Institute
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