“Waiting unperturbed, the boulder bore silent witness to ducks returning as brilliant colors in shades of yellow, orange and red mixed with the greens. Though all of this, the boulder sat with perfect equanimity. It had me wondering whether I could be more like that. Probably not, but that I could appreciate (and hopefully remember) its… Read more »
Posts By: Mariana
#tds2318 God in the everyday objects
From a tweet from one of our #DS106 friends “How to Find GOD in Ordinary Household Objects,” C. Malkasian, 1991, Robot Publishing Company, $1. From “Lesson # Two: Finding God in Everyday Human Objects” #minicomics pic.twitter.com/oxlb4BvCij — Michael B Smith (@mbransons) September 20, 2021 Today, take the title of this mini-comic with you and… Read more »
#tds2317 Walk around like a leaf…
Today, take time to read the full poem and beautiful reflections from Anthony Wilson. He also offers other suggestions for life saving poems. Enjoy. [You may want to hear the author reading her own poem too] Tweet your response to @livedtime and be sure to include the hashtag #tds2317
#tds2316 Dopamine Pirates
We’ll just leave this here for a smile today. If you want a serious look at the issue, we oblige. Read: Your smartphone is making you stupid, antisocial and unhealthy. So why can’t you put it down? You may not enjoy the read as much as the cartoon, but it may help with building new habits… Read more »
#tds2315 Permeable boundaries bring us together
We feel safe inside our ‘we’ boxes. It is easy to think the boundaries of our boxes are brick walls. Yet, a little reflection and some wise questions can help us see how many boxes each ‘I’ can belong to, how boundaries can be permeable and how much we actually share with the very people… Read more »
#tds2314 Challenge Comfort
“Comfort always kicked in. But comfort is a lie. In this context, I am referring to those times when we wish to be or do certain things, but choose the easy option that feels good instead. Like choosing the sofa instead of going for that run we promised ourselves we’d do.” Less of the excess… Read more »
#tds2313 I had time and a sense of wonder…
“Nature’s beauty can be easily missed — but not through Louie Schwartzberg’s lens. His stunning time-lapse photography, accompanied by powerful words from Benedictine monk Brother David Steindl-Rast, serves as a meditation on being grateful for every day.” How will you cultivate the gift of gratefulness for this unique day life has given you, today? Show… Read more »
#tds2312 Guesswork matters
“Technology shows up in our lives so often that it’s hard to identify when it has infiltrated some new place. And in its initial guise, it’s usually so helpful that we have no choice but to embrace it. Who doesn’t want the perfect shade of foundation, the “best fit” college experience? If a little digital… Read more »
#tds2311 Making a life matters
Pico Iyer, author of The art of Stillness, did a talk at the World Government summit titled ‘Stillness in the Digital Age’. The excerpt above is from the summary article on the session. You can read the article today and/or reflect on his closing comment: ‘We rightly think and talk a lot about making a… Read more »
#tds2310 “No matter how I struggle and strive…
If you don’t know this old song, listen to it above. Maybe it will become an ‘earworm song’ for the day. How does your perception of your daily chores change if today you make it an intention to remember that: “No matter how I struggle and strive I’ll never get out of this world alive”? Tweet… Read more »
#tds2309 What matters in the end
In case you are too busy to do the activity: What matters at the end of our lives, is how we lived the end of that life rather than how long it could be extended. We need to ask: What does a good day look like? rather than Do we fight or do we give… Read more »
#tds2308 The sun rises in the evening
Today, Zen koans we heard from Marion Woodman first. They can be used as a way to focus the mind away from chatter. Or as Albert Low remind us: To see into the koan we must see into ourselves and, from Ikkyu, we know that only one koan matters – you. Pick one of the 3 koans… Read more »
