thinking thursday.

Every Thursday, a journey into what I’m finding and reading and thinking about. Like being in a library and following threads that lead who knows where. A book falls from the shelf near us, having been placed back hurriedly by a passing reader, and it falls in our way. We pick it up, or don’t. Serendipity lies in the picking up. I hope you’ll join me each week for Thinking Thursday.

MIND

Words you think you know, and sometimes use, but perhaps you don’t really know what they mean. Take the quiz and see!

“How we seek and respond to those rewards is part of what determines our overall happiness. Aristotle famously said there were two basic types of joy: hedonia, or that keg-standing, Netflix binge-watching, Nutella-from-the-jar selfish kind of pleasure, and eudaimonia, or the pleasure that comes from helping others, doing meaningful work, and otherwise leading a life well-lived.” One of those creates lasting increases in happiness.

BODY

A powerful look at loving our bodies: “I wish I could say that to every person who needs a wheelchair or braces or a catheter or a personal care attendant: You are beautiful. I know. The Body is Not an Apology. I promise.” Can we challenge and change the way our body looks and feels in public spaces and, ultimately, found out how to radically love and accept our bodies as they are, as this author relates?

I am having this favorite green smoothie for breakfast most days. Indeed.

10 genius cakes. Oh, my, yes. My, my, yes. The very idea of olive oil cake makes my mouth water.

I have been drinking this turmeric non-dairy milk at bedtime; I highly recommend it.

If you sew, please stop holding pins in your mouth.

SOUL

30 things to stop doing to yourself. A beautiful list. Pick one to work on.

The Gift of Death: On pathological consumption.

If reaching a state of calmness eludes you, here are some apps that might help.

WORD

“I have learned throughout my life as a composer chiefly through my mistakes and pursuits of false assumptions, not by my exposure to founts of wisdom and knowledge.” -Igor Stravinsky