We are here now. We have been other places in the past. We will be in surprising places in the future. |
photo by Sandra Dodd
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We are here now. We have been other places in the past. We will be in surprising places in the future. |
Look quietly. At least once a day, just look quietly. | ![]() |
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![]() | "[T]he more willing I am to help Simon and Linnaea to do what they want to do, the less needy they are. And, conversely, the more joyfully I spend time with them, helping them out, the less needy I am of my own space, my time to myself." —Schuyler Waynforth |
Can there be too much peace? For learning, yes. Learning requires mental arousal. If an environment is so still and barren that one's curiosity isn't sparked, then people might be closer to a state of sleep
Can there be too little peace? Yes, and in many ways. There can be too much noise, stimulation and chaos. So finding the balance place and the comfort level is part of creating a peaceful home. |
![]() | Looking out at our offspring, they are aligned in a certain way from our perspective, but they're not paused and gazing back. They are in the full motion of their own harmonic and intersecting spheres, spinning ever further away from us, and we marvel to see the celestial show. |
Living becomes learning. How many hours a day do you live? All of them. |
There are amusing mysteries, spooky mysteries, beautiful mysteries and sacred mysteries.
Sometimes a thing is just a thing, and sometimes it's a mystery.
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When you look as far to the east as you can see, what is the view? Turn around and look the other way, too.
Where you are is exotic to most of the rest of the world. Most other people will never see it. Knowing that your plainness is someone else's curiosity can make your life richer.
Sometimes, when you look, listen, taste, feel, smell, close your eyes and rest, remember that you are in one special place.
![]() | How many worlds can one world hold? |
![]() | "That's part of the magic of unschooling—information swirls around, connects and reconnects until you're not really sure where learning begins and ends and where any particular adventure will lead you." —Meredith Novak |
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"Be the best friend to your children that you can be." —Pam Sorooshian | ![]() |
![]() | Being patient and kind makes you a person who is patient and kind. |
If your child is more important than your vision of your child, life becomes easier. | ![]() |
![]() | Tiny changes make big differences. Step toward what you want and away from what you don't want. |