. . . people underestimate the creativity you use in science and the rigor you need in music. They basically have the same path. [Pardis Sabeti] The social sciences, I thought, needed the same kind ... Read More about Being Rigorous
Thursday
Paying It Forward
Most people wish to leave something of value behind after they die. While we live, many of us wish to contribute something of value to the lives of people who surround us. In teaching a class, ... Read More about Paying It Forward
Understanding
Understanding is the next step beyond acknowledging another's humanity and a step short of appreciation. I have found that when I understand someone better, usually, I can more readily get along with ... Read More about Understanding
Purifying
In human affairs, purity is an ideal. A pure hand needs no glove to cover it! [Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter, Chapter XII: "The Minister's Vigil" (1851).] Better keep yourself clean and ... Read More about Purifying
Amore
This begins with a season, which for want of a better word we might as well call September. / It begins with a forest, where the woodchucks woo and leaves wax green and vines entwine like lovers. / ... Read More about Amore
Taking Pride
One kind of pride lifts us up; the other brings us down. The essential difference between healthy and unhealthy pride is related to whether it transcends ego. “. . . pride might be likened to a ... Read More about Taking Pride
Living in Flow
The best moments in our lives are not the passive, receptive, relaxing times… The best moments usually occur if a person’s body or mind is stretched to its limits in a voluntary effort to accomplish ... Read More about Living in Flow
Keeping Fidelity; Being Loyal
Ye who believe in affection that hopes and endures, and is patient, Ye who believe in the beauty and strength of woman's devotion, List to the mournful tradition, still sung by the pines of the ... Read More about Keeping Fidelity; Being Loyal
Intimacy
If we are fortunate, we have one or a few sustaining relationships that are emotionally intimate. Intimacy implies a deep-reaching trust, confidence and reliance that express key elements of Faith. ... Read More about Intimacy