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What Is Love?
Bridget told me once that the Greeks have lots of different words for the one English word of love. That got me thinking…is there more than one kind of love? I’ve never had much luck with the kind of love … Continue reading
Ambivalence
I’ve been thinking a lot about Greece lately. I keep losing things I bought there. The first time I lost something, I didn’t sit in the sadness for some time. I was too enraptured by my surroundings. The second time, … Continue reading
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Tagged Agora, Art, Discovery, Greece, Loss, Past, Present, Sadness
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Whimsically Generous
I saw a solo salsa performance this week. Can someone tell me, are these a thing? There was something missing. ‘Scuse me for being a little blunt, …..a partner was missing. The movements were fluid and neat and I had … Continue reading
Patience, patience, patience.
Patience is experienced different ways to different individuals. For one person it might be waiting for friend to come back around. Patience can be waiting for the job that they know is just around the corner. Patience is not giving … Continue reading
Intention, Reflection, and Discovery
I love Postsecret. A man named Frank Warren started it. When I was thinking about how to describe it, a few words kept popping up: Community, snail mail, art, and secrets–funny, painful, terrifying, and bonding….love letters, prayers, comedic and … Continue reading
Paradox
I’m reading this book called The Courage to Teach by Parker Palmer, which is another book full of wise gems to write on sticky notes, in journals, to memorize, to practice, to repeat, to share. This week, I read super slow through … Continue reading
Posted in Bridget's Journal
Tagged andrew solomon, far from the tree, identity, paradox, parker palmer
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Chess, Tango, Ego and How to Learn
I have never understood the game of chess. I did a little martial arts training when I was young…very young. I never really thought the two were related until I read a couple chapters of a book called “The Art … Continue reading
Wild Geese, Interpretation #2
I think Mary Oliver’s poem, “Wild Geese,” is about a struggle. It is more about the natural struggle that is inside us. The desires that we have, feelings that are there (or not there) and the way that we sometimes … Continue reading
Posted in Martin Casy
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Tango and ADHD
I’m a tango dancer with ADHD, and I used to think that my ADHD was just an inability to concentrate and be distracted easily. A new tango dancer friend, who also has ADHD, told me about a book that discusses … Continue reading
Posted in Martin Casy
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Response to Trudi Schoop’s “Won’t You Join the Dance?”
Trudi was inspired to do movement therapy because, I feel she felt there was a need for a different way of helping people. What happens in the mind is reflected in the body and what happens with the body is … Continue reading
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