Poet John O’Donohue once beautifully said, “I would love to live like a river flows, carried by the surprise of its own unfolding.” After about 300 years or so of living on clock time, I think we humans have gotten a pretty good idea of where that mode of moving can take us. It is not where O’Donohue would want to go. Clock time tends to turn off the wonder-noticing parts of our brain, it seems. This is not a…
Children fascinate me. The coolest thing about kids, I think, is this: They come into this world as a bundle of wonder and curiosity.
I had a friend who won my admiration because his constant go-to request was always this: “Can I ask a stupid question?“ Then he’d ask a question that was A-B-C simple about something I thought I knew. I’d answer the question (out of my own great wisdom, of course). It made me feel so good to be able to be…uh-hem…The Expert. My friend Les listened carefully. He’d think on what I said. Then he’d ask more “stupid” questions, helping me…
