When all else fails…
Students want a connection with you, but they also want to disconnect from whatever it is life is serving them at the moment. And that should take precedence. Lately I’ve begun training myself to enter class with a bare bones outline containing one idea, a short story to illustrate it, and a Rumi quote to help the idea hit home.
Why we can’t go there…until we can
Why is it so hard to reach beyond the conceivable, safe and realistic growth space that’s just a teeny stretch out of our grasp?
A House Built on Love
Last night I dreamed our house was being torn down. I was sitting in a chair looking out the window and marveling at all the rubble that accumulated. (I know in real life if our house were being torn down, I wouldn’t be sitting in a chair looking out the window. But remember, this is a dream!)