“It’s the end of the world as we know it…” ~ Beetles “Stop freaking out. Do this instead,” says Athena Aktipis, the psychologist who wrote “A Field Guide to the Apocalypse.” Inside the book, you’ll find advice (with singalongs) for stressful times. Rather than promoting paranoia or isolationism, Aktipis encourages embracing uncertainty—forming “survival teams,” practicing …Read More
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For One Who Is Exhausted ~ John O’Donohue
For One Who Is Exhausted~ by John O’Donohue, To Bless the Space Between Us: A Book of Blessings When the rhythm of the heart becomes hectic,Time takes on the strain until it breaks;Then all the unattended stress falls inOn the mind like an endless, increasing weight. The light in the mind becomes dim.Things you could …Read More
Yellowface by R.F. Kuang
“Writing is the closest thing we have to real magic. Writing is creating something out of nothing, is opening doors to other lands. Writing gives you power to shape your own world when the real one hurts too much.” ― R.F. Kuang, Yellowface Yellowface is the practice of white actors using makeup to play Asian …Read More
Full Body Presence ~ Suzanne Scurlock
“Full Body Presence is the ability to feel all parts of your body, with a good flow of healthy energy moving through you. It also includes a connection to your inner and outer healthy resources and a good sense of healthy boundaries.” The past is gone; the future is not yet here. The only moment …Read More
When Breath Becomes Air ~ Paul Kalanithi
“In that first year, I would glimpse my share of death. I sometimes saw it while peeking around corners, other times while feeling embarrassed to be caught in the same room.” ~ excerpt from Paul Kalanithi’s When Breath Becomes Air In his last year of training to become a neurosurgeon, Dr. Paul Kalanithi is diagnosed …Read More
Story: Never Forget – Unknown Soldier
Unsure of how to proceed, the young soldier prayed silently while he continued to pace. As if summoned by some invisible force, he homed in on one of the flag-swathed caskets. “I know this man,” he thought. His arms seemed to move of their own accord, placing the roses he held atop the coffin. ~ …Read More
Litany Against Fear ~ Frank Herbert’s Dune
“I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will …Read More
Graphic Novel: March by John Lewis
“We wanted to change America. Make it something different, something better.” The genre of the graphic novel is not usually associated with historical non-fiction. Most people are familiar with comic strips in the newspaper and comic book periodicals. The graphic novel delivers a stand-alone longer narrative in a form similar to the comic strip with …Read More
The Answer to Life the Universe and Everything
“How old are you?” we asked as we gathered at the Thai restaurant for a birthday dinner celebration. I was already debating between Red Thai Curry, that delicious explosion of delicate coconut and hot pepper spices, or the old standard of Pad Thai noodles. “Forty-two,” he said with the same look that a child might …Read More
To Thine Own Self Be True ~ Shakespeare
Polonius gives advice to his son, Laertes, in Shakespeare’s tragedy, Hamlet. Laertes is leaving Denmark to study abroad in France. Polonius states that he only has a “few precepts,” but his long-winded speech goes on and on as a sort-of comic relief in the middle of the tragedy. In high school, I recited this speech …Read More