I have been struggling to settle in and relax on my first days of summer break. My therapist recently reminded me that being able to relax is central to being present in the moment and enjoying the moments as they pass, instead of obsessing about what happened in the last few years in my career (teaching). This book list is EXACTLY what I have needed to jump start the relaxation. And isn't it strange that a book that carries me away can simultaneously help me be more present? Maybe not when I'm interrupted every 10 seconds to acquire the continuous flood of snacks, but I'm playing the long game here...
Hi Molly, Sue Phillips here in good old Elk City, ID!! My book club just read ‘Invisible Child: Poverty…”by Andrea Elliott. It’s a Pulitzer Prize winner and a pretty amazing read. But sad all the same to hear first hand about the lives of these struggling families and all the statistics of the poor people, especially black people in one specific area, New York City. But maybe if more people read it some change will come about. Happy reading!
Hi Sue! So happy to hear from you. So thankful you shared this title with our readers as I know it will be of interest to many of them! And I agree: The more readers of pieces like Elliot's, the more opportunities for change!
Love the quotes on publishing and inner quietude - two sides of the coin of creation: gestation and birth, and perhaps in the cycles of both it is the moment where yin and yang meet that the spark of creative genius conceives itself from the Divine or the No-Thing, the Void or the Source of All Creativity and Unique Diversity as an Expression of One in many forms.
<3 <3 <3 Beautiful. Yes. And sometimes we overstimulate ourselves when we don't have to...or we forget observer mind when reading other people's reactions from their "off center" ness. Easier to be the compassion witness without getting embroiled out of alignment when we center first, at least for me. Of course I am innately passionate about so many things, it's always a dance. And sometimes IT IS a dance ;) About to post a Michael Franti dance video, speaking of :) I noticed you were asking for feedback, but what I love about your page isn't listed. I appreciate when you offer perspectives that link empathy and autonomy as mutual friends; examples of compassionate people living life to their own tune even if it isn't society's expectations!
I have been struggling to settle in and relax on my first days of summer break. My therapist recently reminded me that being able to relax is central to being present in the moment and enjoying the moments as they pass, instead of obsessing about what happened in the last few years in my career (teaching). This book list is EXACTLY what I have needed to jump start the relaxation. And isn't it strange that a book that carries me away can simultaneously help me be more present? Maybe not when I'm interrupted every 10 seconds to acquire the continuous flood of snacks, but I'm playing the long game here...
Hi Molly, Sue Phillips here in good old Elk City, ID!! My book club just read ‘Invisible Child: Poverty…”by Andrea Elliott. It’s a Pulitzer Prize winner and a pretty amazing read. But sad all the same to hear first hand about the lives of these struggling families and all the statistics of the poor people, especially black people in one specific area, New York City. But maybe if more people read it some change will come about. Happy reading!
Hi Sue! So happy to hear from you. So thankful you shared this title with our readers as I know it will be of interest to many of them! And I agree: The more readers of pieces like Elliot's, the more opportunities for change!
Love the quotes on publishing and inner quietude - two sides of the coin of creation: gestation and birth, and perhaps in the cycles of both it is the moment where yin and yang meet that the spark of creative genius conceives itself from the Divine or the No-Thing, the Void or the Source of All Creativity and Unique Diversity as an Expression of One in many forms.
So well put! And while the quietude is so important, it can be awfully hard to remember in our go, go, go society!
<3 <3 <3 Beautiful. Yes. And sometimes we overstimulate ourselves when we don't have to...or we forget observer mind when reading other people's reactions from their "off center" ness. Easier to be the compassion witness without getting embroiled out of alignment when we center first, at least for me. Of course I am innately passionate about so many things, it's always a dance. And sometimes IT IS a dance ;) About to post a Michael Franti dance video, speaking of :) I noticed you were asking for feedback, but what I love about your page isn't listed. I appreciate when you offer perspectives that link empathy and autonomy as mutual friends; examples of compassionate people living life to their own tune even if it isn't society's expectations!