john silkey
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john silkey
The bogeyman
The gremlin in the closet. The more I ignored it the more perilous it felt. The more threatening and dark and heavy and dangerous
In turning towards it was like the bogeyman in the closet. The terror was created by me. In looking I saw there was actually something curious and useful and fun to play with.
The importance of relationships led Dr. Byock to conclude that patients who came to positive life closure, were not afraid to say these four important phrases to those they loved: ‘Please forgive me,’ ‘I forgive you,’ ‘Thank you,’ and ‘I love you.’
Words for or from the dying for loving closure
Dr Ira byock- the four things that matter most
“Learning to live with ambiguity is learning to live with how life really is, full of complexities and strange surprises..:”
― James Hollis, What Matters Most: Living a More Considered Life
“Certainty is so rare that we must learn to act decisively in ignorance.”
-Wendell Berry
Leading in ambiguity
It may not be in our power to determine how things will unfold, but it is in our power to decide how we respond
iii. What will it mean to be human in 100 years?
To build a better future we need to build a better practice of how we respond to the present.
How/what are you practicing to be a better responder?
(Quote by Adam bucko from cac newsletter)
We are the creators of our children’s childhood. Make it personal with your own family rituals. “A child with a strong sense of ‘we’ starts to develop a strong sense of ‘I.’ ” —Kim John Payne, Simplicity Parenting
Robin Berman • Permission to Parent
Children love to be busy, and useful. They delight in seeing that there is a place for them in the hum of doing, making, and fixing that surrounds them.
Kim John Payne M.Ed. • Simplicity Parenting: Using the Extraordinary Power of Less to Raise Calmer, Happier, and More Secure Kids
Any time I ask my children if they want to play something or have a dance party they always say yes. We have journaling club every Monday after school. We cut stuff out of magazines, stamp with our fingers, draw maps and houses, write about our dreams. We are not trying to achieve anything; we are just enjoying time together creating, with snacks.
Beth Kempton • The Way of the Fearless Writer: Mindful Wisdom for a Flourishing Writing Life
"Peace in oneself, peace in the world" - Thich Nhat Hanh