Du, Nachbar Gott, wenn ich dich manchesmal You, God, who live next door– If at times, through the long night, I trouble you with my urgent knocking– this is why: I hear you breathe so seldom. I know you’re all alone in that room. If you should be thirsty, there’s no one to get you […]
The Why of What You Do
Turns out, lots of businesses can tell you what they’re selling and how their product works, but that alone doesn’t make you want to buy. If they can somehow explain the why to you, they might be successful. This talk by Simon Sinek is about the golden circle–thinking from the inside out. [You start with […]
Does God Need Us?
From Annie Dillard’s For the Time Being: “‘For the Jew the world is not complete; people must complete it.’ So said a nineteenth-century Frenchman, Edmund Fleg. Recently Lawrence Kushner stated the same idea powerfully and bluntly: ‘God does not have hands, we do. Our hands are God’s. It is up to us, what God will […]
Pretty
Not much else to say here. Katie Makkai, a poetry slammer, defines the word “pretty.” [For those of you squeamish about the f-word, please note, there is one occurrence.] You can’t help but think about these things when raising a daughter, although it’s equally important if you have sons. May you be pretty today–pretty creative, […]
Painted Lady Butterflies
You’re familiar with The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle, right? The caterpillar emerges from an egg, then proceeds to eat his way through various, delicious foods (including a hot dog and piece of cake!). He makes a “cocoon” (really, a chrysalis…you wonder how the editor missed that one!), then emerges days later a fabulous […]