Where’s my authenticity?
With no concern for my authenticity, I read Michael Gelb’s How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci in 1998, 20 years ago. Curiosita is the first of the seven principles that generated Leonardo da Vinci’s genius. It obviously means curiosity. One of Gelb’s book’s exercises is to stretch (and test) one’s curiosita by listing 100 […]
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Child pose.
Immediately after church service this morning, I intercepted friend Joanna at the back of the sanctuary. Shortly before, I had received a wonderful treat from her 9-year-old daughter, Serena. “I had the most fun watching Serena listen intently to the Sunday School story of Mary and Joseph making their way to Bethlehem. The class was […]
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Morning Prayer 14/100. Self reflection
Self reflection is a great deal of everything. And, I believe, self reflection is simply a great deal. Notice the photograph I took yesterday, of a very young girl trying on sun glasses in a shop in Carmel by the Sea. She had it down to an artful science. Select a pair of sunglasses, slip […]
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Expressing Peace. Strength. 97.
The phrase “peace through strength” goes as far back as Hadrian, Roman Emperor from 117-138 A.D. It’s most often been taken to support the idea that a strong military guarantees peace. Let’s take it another way. Let’s consider the various strengths we personally know and the peace we derive from those strengths. Let’s keep in […]