parenting
The fluidity of success
“Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your wild and precious life?” ~Mary Oliver Ever since our childhood, we are imprinted with a desire to be successful. Maybe even more so than an encouragement to allow for happiness. Our parents, our teachers, society at large, implicitly and explicitly build within the growing … Continue reading
paralyzed by carrots
There is much to say about education, and there are many different views of what it means and how to achieve it. I’ll focus on a topic I think is of utmost importance: the WHY of learning. Motivation. This plays a crucial role in how people of all ages seek and absorb information and how … Continue reading
there you are!
One of my favorite quotes comes from the Zen philosophy, and in my opinion it carries a few different messages. I believe the main meaning of “Wherever you go, there you are” is a reassurance that we carry within ourselves all we need to live our lives joyfully and in awareness. There is an endless … Continue reading
the mundane
It is easy in the world to live after the world’s opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude. – Ralph Waldo Emerson, Self-Reliance This, I believe, and try to live … Continue reading