Living in Uncertainty
It’s been quite the week, month, year. Do we get four more years of chaos and drama or might we return to life as we liked it, once upon a time when we lived blithely unaware of the injustices rampant … Read More
Treating Racism Like CoVid-19: Step Four
Subtitle: While introducing you to the new man in our life. Remember this poster? Under the BLACK LIVES MATTER headline, it reads, TREAT RACISM LIKE COVID-19 and she gives us four steps to do this. So, far, I’ve gotten three … Read More
What Do You Know About our Pledge of Allegiance?
For the Americans among us, when’s the last time you thought about your Pledge of Allegiance? Do you remember reciting it in grammar school? High School? Could you recite it from memory today? I could, and I imagine you could … Read More
Musing: How to Give Unsolicited Advice
I’m musing again still. The Wall Street Journal had a headline a few weeks ago: How to Give Unsolicited Advice Without Being Annoying. I was intrigued. Who wouldn’t be? Turns out I needed a subscription to find out … Read More
More Musings in the Era of CoVid
So many musings this week. The Democratic National Convention is on. It’ll be a more sober convention this time around, fitting in this sobering time. I’ve not actually watched it yet as I’m writing this a few days ahead. And … Read More
My Third C: Courage
COURAGE: the final installment in the Curiosity, Compassion, and Courage 2020 Tour. Curiosity pushes us to open the box, explore the myth, or initiate a conversation with someone we don’t understand. Compassion brings an empathetic consciousness to what we find. … Read More
My Second C: Compassion
We continue today with my mini series on the three words that have woven themselves into much of my work of late: Curiosity, Compassion, and Courage. Today it’s COMPASSION’s turn. Merriam-Webster defines this noun as the “sympathetic consciousness of others’ … Read More
The First of My Three C’s: Curiosity
And So It Goes has evolved over the years. A year or so ago, I began to focus on the triad Curiosity, Compassion, and Courage as a mantra for the posts I share. I’ve been gratified to see how my … Read More
Confronting Racism Part III: Don’t Spread It
We began this series on confronting racism in mid-June. In Part I, I asked “When did you first become aware of your race?” This was not a question I’d have thought to ask, actually, being of the “race is a social … Read More