Monthly Archives: February 2009

Generosity

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I was reading from “Life is a Verb” last night, and something struck me.  I thought I would write it down while it was fresh in my mind.   It goes like this:

“Creating inclusion [a simple mindfulness that others might have a different reality from our own] requires being generous.  Most often it consists of simply extending a hand.  That’s hard to do if you are grasping tightly to your sand, your rightness, your belief system, your superiority, your assumptions about others, your definition of normal.”

I think it’s safe to say that there are a lot of us grasping tightly onto our belief system.    One of the goals of my life over the last several months has been to be as generous as I have always wanted to be.

It’s a part of remaking myself.

Echos from the shower

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“Mom?”

“Yes?” I respond from the living room, where I am cuddled up with my warm blanket and a book, and paging through channels on the television.

I don’t know why I bother responding.  Somehow I can hear her when she calls my name from the shower, but she cannot hear me.

I put down the footstool of the chair I’m sitting it, put down the stuff in my lap and walk into the bath.

“What did you need?” I ask.

“Mom?   What are the two things that cause hiccups?”

(ergh)

The Economic Fair

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My daughter had an “economic fair” at school today.   It was part of the social studies segment in which they study… economics.

Earlier this week, TLK and her friend got together and made valentine chocolate lollipops.   I’ve never seen candy made before, so it was interesting to watch (and really easy).

Today, they set up booths and sold their items.    The parents were invited.   Upon entering the classroom, we were all handed loads of fake money.    We went around to various tables and asked the kids how much their items were.   Some of them were quite the sales people.   While I was buying a chocolate lollipop, the boy at the next booth said, “I have bookmarks.  I had help making them.  They’re only 3 tickets.”

How could I resist?

I ended up with quite a stash of popcorn, cookies, chocolate lollies, a clay dinosaur and a bookmark.

This was a brilliant plan!   :D

With their profits, the kids were allowed to go shopping amongst the leftover items for sale.  I’m interested to see what TLK comes home with.