Sep 13
The living room furniture doesn’t match. There isn’t any art hanging over the fireplace.
Home feels like home.
The vegetables in the garden died because we neglected to water them too many times. There is moldy pizza sauce in the back of the fridge.
Our bellies are full and so are our hearts. Read more
The south edge of the office was walled in glass, offering sweeping views of the downtown skyline. And on September 11, it opened a direct line of sight to the terror the nation was watching on TV. Suspended in disbelief, I remember being jolted by someone telling us all to call our families and let them know we were OK. “The phone lines are going to get busy…call right now,” she said. I returned from calling my family a few minutes before the second plane pierced through the second tower. Read more
“If you ask yourself ‘What’s the best thing that happened today?’ it actually forces a certain kind of cheerful retrospection that pulls up from the recent past things to write about that you wouldn’t otherwise think about. If you ask yourself ‘what happened today?’ it’s very likely that you’re going to remember the worst thing, because you’ve had to deal with it. But if you ask what the best thing is, it’s going to some particular slant of light, or some wonderful expression somebody had, or some particularly delicious salad.” – Nicholson Baker Read more
Ever heard of FOMO (fear of missing out)? I am fighting off an annual case of FIMO (fear I missed out) this week as Burning Man stories and pictures and deep reflections are filling my social feeds.
I’ve never been to THE BURN; the timing has never quite worked out, and to be honest, I’ve always favored using my precious weeks of vacation to do other things. But I’m curious about the transformation dear friends have experienced as part of it. One of these years I’m going to see for myself.
A few years ago Harvard researchers Matthew Killingsworth and Daniel Gilbert (author of Stumbling Upon Happiness) published a study in Science reporting that people spend 46.9% of their waking hours thinking about something other than what they’re doing. According to the authors, “a human mind is a wandering mind, and a wandering mind is an unhappy mind….the ability to think about what is not happening is a [human] cognitive achievement that comes at an emotional cost.” Read more
Preschool teachers are amazing human beings. With their seemingly unwavering patience, infinite wisdom, and clear sense of purpose — my kids’ teachers inspire me every single day. They teach me how to be a parent, and they make me want to be a better person — someone who stays in the sandbox a bit longer than usual and leaves the phone in the car and gives long and crushing hugs. So in their honor, here are 10 things I’ve learned from them that apply to all of us, now just the wee ones: Read more
Maybe it’s the name, maybe it’s the image of a California beauty serving alfalfa sprouts out of a shiny, happy food truck, or maybe it’s just the memorable, craveworthy taste. Whatever it is, green goddess salad dressing is special. I recently re-ignited my love affair with this creamy, herby deliciousness. Read more
“Understand that no one is greater than another. Feel it. Practice helping one another. We are all rowing the same boat.” – Brian Weiss, MD
Many Lives, Many Masters — a classic book about reincarnation (yes, reincarnation) — has been siting on my bedside table for the past week, and I finally finished it last night. A friend gave me her copy after we talked about past life regression as a healing technique, and I was eager to learn more. For years I’ve found the idea of reincarnation comforting, not due to any scientific explanation or personal experience, but just because of the hope it offers about what could be…what might be. Read more
Someone asked me yesterday to think about what the five most defining moments in my life have been. My mind darted amongst a number of relatively benign events — boarding my first solo flight out of the U.S., leaving for college, being with my grandmother shortly before her death, falling in love with my (now) husband, becoming a mother — a set of moments I’m trying to let sit in my mind to see if any more interesting or surprising ones stick out as I continue to think through this question. After all, maybe one of those moments should be nearly failing Calculus, sleeping in a train station in Venice, making a dear friend cry, sobbing over heartbreak, or going to a shrink. Read more
A friend of mine who writes a great blog about leadership, management, people and other awesome things published a post this morning called “The Joy in Leading.” She profiles her sister, one of the co-founders of Joyride (a well-known cycling studio on the East Coast), who shares her wisdom about lots of things — the role of exercise in our lives, finding your passion, doing meaningful work, and leading people. I loved the interview so much that I asked Chantal if I could re-post it here. Enjoy…and if nothing else, take the Joyride slogan to heart today: “Life’s a Trip. Enjoy the Ride.” Read more
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