. . . people underestimate the creativity you use in science and the rigor you need in music. They basically have the same path. [Pardis Sabeti] The social sciences, I thought, needed the same kind ... Read More about Being Rigorous
Thursday
Paying It Forward
Doing something good for future generations is noble, and for many people, uplifting. Most people wish to leave something of value behind after they die. While we live, many of us wish to ... Read More about Paying It Forward
Understanding
“Understanding” refers to the thinking component of empathy. It is the next step beyond acknowledging another's humanity. You never really understand a person until you consider things from his ... Read More about Understanding
Purifying
In human affairs, purity is an ideal. A pure hand needs no glove to cover it! [Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter, Chapter XII: "The Minister's Vigil" (1851).] Better keep yourself clean and ... Read More about Purifying
Amore
This begins with a season, which for want of a better word we might as well call September. / It begins with a forest, where the woodchucks woo and leaves wax green and vines entwine like lovers. / ... Read More about Amore
Taking Pride
One kind of pride lifts us up; the other brings us down. “Pride is an interesting emotion because it simultaneously focuses on the self and on others.” The essential difference between healthy ... Read More about Taking Pride
Living in Flow
We are not “wired” to sit still but to be active, and in flow with our best selves. Mihalyi Csikszentmihalyi is credited with developing the concept of flow. “Csikszentmihalyi developed the term ... Read More about Living in Flow
Keeping Fidelity; Being Loyal
Ye who believe in affection that hopes and endures, and is patient, Ye who believe in the beauty and strength of woman's devotion, List to the mournful tradition, still sung by the pines of the ... Read More about Keeping Fidelity; Being Loyal
Intimacy
Intimacy reaches deep within, and simultaneously outward to another. It is transcendent in its depth. If we are fortunate, we have one or a few sustaining relationships that are emotionally ... Read More about Intimacy