Love and Acceptance
Brené Brown, an expert on shame and vulnerability, explains that the difference between people who have love and acceptance and those who do not have
Hammock, a mistake
Hammock, oops. I ordered a hammock, letting Jane pick out the color. The Friday it arrived, I installed it between the dogwood tree and the
Love, please
Something to do: love. Fear paralyzes us. We feel inconsequential to affect the world. We get overwhelmed. We freeze. I am familiar with
Yanny’s Blue Dress. Love Haters.
Certainty “Laurel.” “Yanny!” If you are not familiar with this audio-clip phenomenon, you might not believe that two people can listen to the same sound,
Recent Death
Anthony Bourdain’s recent suicide rocked a lot of people. I loved his show No Reservations. It was real. He was so real. Just him. Passionate. Not
Spiritual Ice Water
Rabbi Brian’s Diary (later edited and cleaned up) What happened Moments ago, I was standing at the Pre-TSA security counter, drinking down the water
What seems like fate
Non-Striving Judy (not her real name) meets with me for spiritual direction. She sat looking a bit defeated. As she spoke her arms and shoulders did
More Excitement. Less Anxiety.
Rabbi Brian answers a question of HOW DO I FEEL LESS ANXIOUS AND MORE EXCITED. A spiritual fitness exercise.
I did nothing wrong, yet I did. And, apologized.
Rabbi Brian talks about “The meaning of communication is in the response elicited, regardless of intention.” How rB offended a man. And apologized.
Upstairs, thought different
Rabbi Brian talks about how he “scripts” his children… how our perceptions of someone will change how they perform.
Hammock a Mistake
Rabbi Brian talks about the mistake he made in getting a hammock and how OBVIOUS mistakes are in retrospect – and how natural they feel
Mourning. Memories. Blessings.
Mourning. Memories. Blessings. Aaron Panken was the rabbi at my home synagogue when I graduated from Tufts University. He jumped me through the hoops necessary
Soul. (A few thoughts.)
Rabbi Brian answers a question, “What is the Jewish notion of a soul?”
Authorized, or not?
Clown-walking with fins After scuba diving for the first time around the age of 15, I became a bit of an aficionado. Consequently, when I