“To love is to will the good of the other.” -St. Thomas Aquinas Imagine what our world would be like if first thing every morning we all asked ourselves what we could do that day “to will the good of the other.” And then, not knowing if any of our ideas would work, we didContinue reading “The Good Of The Other”
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“Let me know anything I can do to help” is a generous and thoughtful offer. Even more thoughtful, generous and artistic… “I noticed that you could use help in this way. Here are some suggestions to make it better. Let me know if you agree and I’ll implement these right away.”
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“Meditate for an hour every day unless you are too busy. In that case meditate for two hours.” -Zen Proverb Jut when we think we’ve fully heard someone out, that we “get it now”, that we’re ready to solve things, move forward, is the moment to remind ourselves that we’re not ready. We have someContinue reading “More Listening”
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“The greatest challenge of the day is: how to bring about a revolution of the heart, a revolution which has to start with each one of us?” -Dorothy Day Dorothy Day was a remarkable woman. Learning more about her life’s work, (To start, check out this New Yorker article and excellent PBS doc) it’s easyContinue reading “A Revolution Of The Heart”
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I wish I had something profound to write today. Something uplifting, inspiring, motivating. I don’t. Today’s a day where I wish I didn’t commit to a daily blog. Because I’m struggling. I’m struggling to make sense of all that’s going on in our country right now I’m struggling knowing that many, many people are hurtingContinue reading “Struggling”
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It’s been a long, a long time comingBut I know a change gon’ come, oh yes it will -Sam Cooke We’re in tumultuous times. No question. Lots of changes need to be made. Everywhere. Everyone. One truism about change is that things have to get really bad before we take action. We first have toContinue reading “Change Is Not Linear”
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“Be so good they can’t ignore you” as Steve Martin advised. Or. “Get as many instagram followers as you can” as this American Theatre article discusses. Which path will you take?
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“Doing something that might not work for the benefit of others”. That’s our inspiring definition of art. A perfect example of this definition are all the mutual aid organizations that have sprouted up across the country (and the world) in response to Covid-19. Read more about them in this excellent New Yorker piece HERE. ThoseContinue reading “Mutual Aid and Art”
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EUSTRESS: a positive form of stress having a beneficial effect on health, motivation, performance, and emotional well-being. First coined by the pioneering Hungarian endocrinologist, Hans Selye, it consists of the Greek prefix “Eu”meaning good and “Stress.” It literally means “good stress.” (The opposite is “Distress” or “bad stress.” It leads to negative symptoms like depression,Continue reading “Seek Out Eustress”
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“Follow your instincts.” You hear this a lot. Especially in acting class. It’s sound advice. Trusting your gut is generally a good thing But is it always right? In many cases, following your instincts is the exact, wrong thing to do. When you swing a baseball bat or golf club for the first time, ypurContinue reading “Instincts”
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