“On no account brood over your wrong-doing. Rolling in the muck is not the best way of getting clean.” Aldous Huxley Thursday It is awards day. Inevitably, more students do not receive an award than those who do. We have spent the last few weeks discussing this. Working towards building resilience, accepting this is how…
Month: June 2024
Back to the Binge
“Do stuff. be clenched, curious. Not waiting for inspiration’s shove or society’s kiss on your forehead. Pay attention. It’s all about paying attention. attention is vitality. It connects you with others. It makes you eager. stay eager.” Susan Sontag Thursday Is it possible the two day week is more exhausting than the four day week?…
Kicking Stones
“The real opposition is that between the ego-bound man, whose existence is structured by the principle of having, and the free man, who has overcome his egocentricity.” Erich Fromm Thursday Nothing cheers an adult like smashing ten year olds in dodgeball. Another week down. The slow crawl to holidays. I have finished Consciousness explained. There…
McCarthy Complete
“The universe is no narrow thing and the order within it is not constrained by any latitude in its conception to repeat what exists in one part in any other part. Even in this world more things exist without our knowledge than with it and the order in creation which you see is that which…
Old Habits
“We are not only what we eat, but how we eat, too.” Michael Pollan Thursday My pants are getting loose and despite pushing up the calories I have dropped almost a kilogram this week. I decide to rectify the problem with a mixed grill from Al Jawareh. This used to be my regular Thursday night…