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Archive for "Oct 28 2009"

Needed: Word Bridges

bits and pieces – a work in progress

Do you ever have days when you are trying to make connections in your head, but can’t quite get there?  All that wants to seem to come out of you is visual, but the words all seem to belong to others?  I have several things which I have read lately that seem to want to be connected in some way, however I just do not have the “bridge words” to bring them together.  Let me share them with you, because quite possibly you are supposed to be the one to make the sense!  Here goes:

 

This morning as I was reading the blog, Mind the Gap, I was struck by this passage on morality and question:

 

These codes are fluid in so many ways, variable by so many factors–geography, economics, age, religion. More than most groups, artists seem to flow between them, ferreting out their fundamentals and illustrating how communities of people apply them to their lives. And if we’re going to count on this creative class of people to do the exploring and the feeling for those who can’t or won’t go there for themselves but yet go buy tickets to see what those artists have discovered, is it hypocritical to then chastise those same artists for bad behavior (as long as it’s of the legal kind)?

 

I hope you will read this whole post because there is a great deal to it and he poses some excellent points.  Then these two quotes decided this was the day to show themselves in my email:

 

Death is not the biggest fear we have; our biggest fear is
taking the risk to be alive.. the risk to be alive and express
what we really are.
::: Don Miguel Ruiz :::

You have to take risks. We will only understand the miracle
of life fully when we allow the unexpected to happen.
::: Paulo Coelho :::

 

After that, I decided to make myself a cup of tea and this was on the tea bag tag:

 

Teachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself. – Chinese Proverb

 

Well, the list of things kind of goes on from here, but these are the things I have floating around in my head trying to bridge the gaps between them. 

 

• It is important to love what you do, because in that way you will do the best job possible

• What makes people fear challenges?

• It is so hard for us to listen to our own hearts, because the world often tells us not to do that!  Again, that ego gets in the way!

• This is a big responsibility for teachers, but isn’t it all about helping the student search their own heart and not be afraid of what they find?  Or is that a fear of teachers, too?

• Why does my brain have to get in the way so much?

So do you have the bridge words which might bind these seeminly random thoughts?  My brain would sure appreciate some quiet!