thinking thursday.
(Sometimes you have to hold them.)
[mind]
If you are trying to do business online and feel you have to follow the lead of others to create pop-ups to generate leads and get people on your list and funnel people into taking some action you want them to take and it all feels just sleazy and wrong and not in alignment with who you are and with your voice in the world, then this will be an important read for you. Let me hear an amen and hallelujah. (Thanks to Laurie Foley)
Which leads me to this important post I was pointed to this morning by Marilyn Maciel: "Leaders are not what many people think–people with huge crowds following them. Leaders are people who go their own way without caring, or even looking to see whether anyone is following them." (Which leads me to my favorite quote of the week, below).
[body]
I have long been interested in place. As Keith Basso writes, "Wisdom sits in places." So these films interest me: "an inspired ongoing series of short films exploring the idea of home and what our private sanctuaries mean to us."
"These neighbors can't stop the infinite variety of humanity from unfolding. They may insist that Sue wear a shirt at the pool, but they cannot stop the miracle of her existence." Thanks, Sally Braley, for sharing this.
You never know when you might need a pocket survival kit. Suddenly I'm feeling McGyver-ish.
A fall from grace. On vulnerability, by Roger Ebert.
[soul]
We all have secrets. Are we all hiding in plain sight? How to be a friend to someone in pain: "People we know will stumble, and struggle, and maybe even fall apart. It will be hard to watch–-perhaps even heartbreaking. Instinctively, we’ll want to help in any way we can, and that’s a good thing. But people also need to be able to go through their own emotional processes, with pains big and small. Sometimes all we can do is be there, a silent but supportive witness to the sorrow."My favorite quote of the week: Right here. (with thanks to Susan Hyatt)
