your daily rock : share the burden
I think human beings are hard-wired for community. And communities are hard-wired for helping, for holding space for each other, for sharing our burdens in order to lighten all of them in that moment. If we don’t share our burden, we are prisoners to our own shame. If we don’t …
your daily rock : be the change
The first post I ever wrote on 37days was about the killing of Kitty Genovese and the bystander effect. She’s the young woman savagely stabbed to death in 1964 on a New York street with 38 people watching from their apartment windows. As Martin Gansberg reported in The New York …
your daily rock : do the hard things first
We all have lists. Long lists, ranging from “get more cat food” to “be a mother to my children” to “finish writing the Great American Novel.” It’s easy to look at that list and feel overwhelmed, and paralyzed. More often than not, we veer toward the simple tasks, those ones …
your daily rock : smile
Want an instant happy moment and facelift? Smile. At people you know, people you love, people you have never seen before and will never see again, small dogs that yip, the clerk at the gas station, people passing you on the street. As people on Twitter know, I use my …
your daily rock : think small.
I used to think I could save the world. And that I wanted to. Until one day I wasn’t home when Emma needed me. And then I realized that saving the world comes in very small steps, in recognizing the importance of the quality of our engagement with the people …
your daily rock : oh, happy day!
Oh, happy day! Dress in bold colors today. Stand up. Prepare to sing. And dance. And clap your hands. Click here. Replace “Jesus” with a name appropriate to your beliefs. Repeat as many times as possible during the day. Love, (These beautifully painted rocks are created by …
your daily rock : be a force of good
“Be a force of good” sounds so strenuous, doesn’t it? But really, the way we do that is by making simple choices every day to err on the side of the hug …
your daily rock : check in with those you love
One day, it will be too late. You will wish you had visited, or called. Visit or call today. Love, (These beautifully painted rocks are created by Kim Mailhot, aka The Rock Fairy.
your daily rock : be a learner, not a judge.
When you come to a place of discomfort, a place of not-knowing, you have a choice: You can either learn in that moment, or you can judge. But you can’t do both, so you have to choose. And when you feel uncomfortable, at an “edge,” you will inevitably judge yourself …
your daily rock : be worthy of your trust
Trust is like a bank account. It accrues over time, often slowly and carefully, and when we break a trust–to ourselves or to others–it depletes the account. And then it can take a very long time to rebuild that trust account. Cherish that account. Protect it. Be worthy of your …
