Author: mktdaf
Thoughts: Exploring vulnerabilty, with Brene Brown
This is one of the more influential TED talks I’ve seen, with more people responding to it when I’ve posted it than any other. Brené Brown studies human connection — our ability to empathize, belong, love. In a poignant, funny talk, she shares a deep insight from her research, one that sent her on a…
Writings: (Don’t) be careful what you ask for….
“Be careful what you ask for…..” Whenever I hear someone say this (is it true for you?) they’re almost always noticing something that turned out…the way it was asked for. “Hope I get a promotion.” So you do. With no raise. “I always catch 4–5 colds every winter.” Ah-chooooo. OK, so we never really know…
Whales: Meet Ken & check in on the orcas, with Carl Safina
Carl Safina came to San Juan Island in Washington State to see what’s happening with the killer whales, and to hang out with the Center for Whale Research’s Ken Balcomb. The state of the environment for the orcas: short on food, and decreasing numbers in the resident pods. It doesn’t help that the Navy does…
Thoughts: I read the the news today, oh boy
Have you ever tried to not watch the the news? The people who tell me that if I don’t have a television I’m missing a lot. I think they are. – Brother Ian
Intuitives: Father Keating & centering prayer
Tonight I’m going to a meeting of folks in Tennessee (wandering monks usually pass this way) who are discussing & sorting out the practice of centering prayer. I’ll let you know how it goes! Interested in meditation? Check this. Interested in exploring faith with interior silence? Check it. Here’s a touch of CP, in a…
Wordplay: The effect of language on spending; or, how you view the future & how it shapes your world
There. Told you what this is about….here’s the deal: I promise you will look at the rest of the day & the things you say differently, after you digest this little rendering of a seemingly counter-intuitive thought. Check it:
Thoughts: Morning really has broken….
The morning, most days, is so beautiful that it’s really a good thing that it fades into the clear day….otherwise we wouldn’t get anything done! The morning’s colours fade, easily & gently, into that special place in our hearts where the embers warm us, through the morning hours & the rest of the day. Robert…
Thoughts: Alan Watts: “The more you give away, the more that comes back….”
“If you know you don’t understand, you truly understand….” Here’s a little dose of Alan Watts for your morning:
When a glacier calves….this is the biggest, yet.
Check this out – I’m pretty sure you’ll be amazed at the power of the planet when you see the ice fall away in Antarctica in this short, well put together piece – check it out!
Wordplay: Short & sweet
Someone told me once that poets who write haiku are lazy. I don’t believe that. Hand me the pliers.
Thought: Let it bleed…
Ran into a friend who mentioned she admires Derrick Jensen, and that she has this on a stickie on her computer: “Writing is really very easy. Tap a vein and bleed onto the page. Everything else is just editing.” Derrick Jensen Kinda reminds me of what Arlo Guthrie says: “Song-writing’s just kinda like catching fish–you…
Whales: Watch a humpback in action (it’s like riding a whale….)
Here’s a story you’ll find fascinating: NOAA shares research showing how humpbacks manage their bottom-feeding, including eating sand lance (sand eels.) And you can watch, as they attach a “crittercam” to the whale to actually see it in action. Check it out, here.