Worldwide Stew

Make do with what you have

Imagine you’re asked to fetch a ball. Without arms or legs.

I’m sorry. I can’t. In fact, the very fact that you ask is is insulting and cruel.

But, is it possible we could, at the very least, contemplate working it out: how could I fetch a ball without arms or legs?

We’ll come back to that in a second.

Do animals play?

Yes, it seems some do. But, you have to take into account the definition of play. If an animal does something once, it’s likely a fluke. If the animal does it multiple times on it’s own, it’s possibly play. If the animal does it on request, it might also be play.

Having Teeth

I think I was unfailingly gentle with patients, let them rant, and tolerated their abuses. Eventually, their rant lost steam and we started to get to the core of their often legitimate frustrations. They might be directed at an unrealized hope for a dreamed of healing. Or, they might feel they weren’t understood. A pinhole in a balloon release pressurized air madly at first out of a pricked balloon. Then, the balloon eventually loses pressure and falls to the floor. That is often the way it is with our anger. For me and for patients. You just had to allow the progression of release without judgment.

The power of silencing Notifications

During a meditation today, right when I was getting into my space of mental clarity, a notification came through.

It’s good online meeting etiquette to mute ourselves when we join meetings, unless you’re hosting the meeting.

But, we might also take the next step and turn off our notifications. If you’re on iOS (Apple) these are found under your Focus settings.

Don’t be like me. Avoid interruptions right when you get into the Zone. Show up for yourself with care. Turn off distractions and Notifications. They’ll be there later.

Listening to your own Deep Space

We just added a new podcast episode, Listening to Your Own Deep Space. This episode is available on Apple podcasts.

If you prefer to read my blog post that came out before the podcast, you can check it out here.

I like taking quizzes to see what I’ve learned. If you enjoy taking easy quizzes (which can also do something for your self-esteem), the blog post or listening to the podcast episode, check out what you learned here.

The Gossamer Cloak

I beg you tp keep reading for just a minute.

This coming week NASA plans to send three projects into space. One of them is the Carruthers Geocorona Observatory. This mission wants to better understand our outer atmosphere. This knowledge will help us understand changes that occur in the area just before we get to “outer space.” Scientists call this the geocorona. Scientists love big words. And, Of course, they need a very specific definition they all know and understand. But, the rest of us need some help to understand these things. I wanted to know more about the geocorona. Sometimes, for the sake of scientific accuracey, Wikipedia obscures definitions. So, I wanted to know more. In that spirit, I’m sharing the lovely image that Claude.AI used to describe the Geocorona(Italics are mine):