Once a poor miller was summoned to meet with a king. The summons itself must have filled him with terror. Evolutionary biologists tell us that we fear public speaking and other ways of being on the spot because we are all wired to link survival with acceptance by the tribe. And this king was theContinue reading “Be Straw”
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Stage of Fools
“When we are born, we cry that we are come to this great stage of fools.” Lear spoke these words outdoors, and hearing them outdoors recently made me shiver. The actor playing Lear said these words in gathering darkness on the bank of the Hudson River. It was so chilly some of the audience wrappedContinue reading “Stage of Fools”
Seeing Magic
Who doesn’t like a good story? Some facts remain constant in this changeable and unpredictable world. Among them is the wish to be loved, to be safe, to be free from physical and mental suffering, to be free and at ease in this world, to know life and be known as we really are. WhatContinue reading “Seeing Magic”
Stories As Reminders
“If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales,” Albert Einstein is credited with saying. “If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales.” How can reading fairy tales make us more intelligent? Fairy tales have ancient roots–Rumpelstilskin, for example, is said to be 4,000 years old. YetContinue reading “Stories As Reminders”
Tracy Cochran 