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30 Days of 30. Day 6: Home Edition.

June 07, 2013

When I first brainstormed about 30 Days of 30, I wrote out a list on a post-it note:  I wanted to include and celebrate all aspects of my daily living—looking forward was also key, as it would provide direction for the coming year(s). What I forget was what I most often forget: rest.  “That’s good then. You need to take time.”“I’ve had some time—but every day I’ve had somewhere to be, if even for an hour and a half. Today—nada.”“That’s …

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30 Days of 30. Day 5: miracles and mailings

June 06, 2013

 “But you accept me as I am with all that is fragile, all that is broken, all that is beautiful, too…Then the extraordinary thing is we can let down barriers, we don’t have to prove, I don’t have to pretend I’m better than you are, I’m allowed to be myself. I’m allowed to be myself because you love me.” Jean Vanier “Any deep and genuine friendship is rooted in a covenant of two persons…To believe in someone is to give that …

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“With That Moon Language” by Hafiz

June 06, 2013

Admit something: Everyone you see, you say to them, “Love me.” Of course you do not do this out loud, otherwise someone would call the cops. Still, though, think about this, this great pull in us to connect. Why not become the one who lives with a full moon in each eye that is always saying, with that sweet moon language, what every other eye in this world is dying to hear?

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30 Days of 30. Day 4.

June 05, 2013

Part of the reason I’m celebrating 30 days of 30 is so that I can acknowledge the small moments and the big moments, the ordinary and the extraordinary; the celebration is designed to blur the boundaries between these distinctions and to raise the question of the necessity of separating the ordinary and the extraordinary. Yesterday brought this to the fore. The main crux of my celebration of 30 days of 30 yesterday was waking up at 7:30 AM to wait …

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30 Days of 30. Day 3. (part two)

June 04, 2013

If you read part one , you’ll already know that I’m on vignettes of highlight moments. 3. When I returned to the main room with the flautists, I got the entire room to pay attention to me (voluntarily) by saying: “If you can hear my voice, touch your head. If you can hear my voice, touch your ear. If you can hear my voice…” and modeling it for them. Eventually, all the kids joined in and were quiet enough that neither …

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