EQ Reflection: London, Feb 22, 1999 First of all, THANK YOU to all of you who wrote in response to the last newsletter. Many of you said the news from the SWF was inspiring -- and the dozens (hundreds?) of responses to that message clarified two lessons: that I have a tremendous privilege to "act as a conduit" to share this kind of hope (and hereby promise to do so), and that feelings speak louder than ideas. We just returned from London, we were Read more »
EQ Reflection, March 31, 1999 I got back from Missouri last night -- somewhat later than I had planned, but in exchange for the delay, I had an opportunity to think about complacency. I was in Colombia, MO (smack dab in the middle of the state), started to drive west to the airport in Kansas City, and after two hours realized that I have driven east to St. Louis... so what happened in those two hours? How did I manage to ignore all the signs? To Read more »
EQ Reflection: Vigilance and Prevention April 27, 1999 I know we've all heard and thought a lot about Columbine. Rather than going over the same ground about what happened and why, I'd like to consider my own role in this kind of violence, and ask you to do the same. Like all of us, I am devastated by this atrocity. I am also devastated by the implications and the responses. It is terrible to even write this, but I am not shocked that such a thing Read more »
Last week we went to help my sister & family with their remodeling. Emma doesn't quite have the hang of carpentry, but she did a great job being snugly. I haven't done much carpentry in the last few years; I missed the smell of sawdust. Working with wood is a privilege. While it is a renewable resource, good wood is older than me, so it deserves respect, even reverence. I am still too impatient for proper reverence, that's why I am not a particularly Read more »
Often the end of the school year is marked more by relief than reflection... it is also often a challenging moment of transition and even sorrow (which is a pretty beautiful indicator that school is actually wonderful -- "parting is such sweet sorrow"). If your school does not do end-of-the-year conferences (and even if it does), take advantage of the excitement and joy of summertime to do some EQ check in. This is a time of transition for children Read more »
