A labyrinth is a circular pathway that is walked for the purpose of engaging in meditation, contemplation and spiritual transformation. It is intended to allow one to find peace and then be able to return to the world.
Tuesday, March 15
Neil Armstrong attributed his ability to land on the moon to his training and skill in working through checklists - in order. That is what helped him prepare for the trip, practice for the trip and then finally execute it. He separated emotion from what he knew and what he was doing. Work the checklist. Develop good checklists. Remain calm.
Wednesday, March 16
Author Pete Blaber, a former Delta Force commander advises to develop the situation on the ground. In other words, sometimes in working a problem the best information is from face to face interactions with the people involved. Talking directly to those involved may seem simple but it is easy to forget in this electronically connected world.
Be patient in suffering. Romans 12:12.
Thursday, March 17
On Saint Patrick’s day, I like pulling out my copy of James Joyce’s, Ulysses and reading passages, enjoying the rich language and Irish themes. The copy I have was a gift from my nephew who bought it hile on a trip to Dublin during a tour of Joyce’s home, now the James Joyce Centre. It is the Gabler edited version which is considered by many as the definitively accurate edition to Joyce’s original manuscripts. It has a deep green hardcover binding. I try to eat Irish Soda bread while reading. I keep a copy of Homer’s, Odyssey nearby and McCarthy’s Ulysses, Portals of Discovery to help me understand what I am reading. I take some Irish Soda bread over to my Irish neighbor and he shares that as a boy he used to launch his Kayak from the Tower in the opening scene where Buck Mulligan is shaving. My neighbor said he and his wife would be in Dublin on June 16, Bloomsday, for a wedding.
Friday, March 18
The cardinals have returned to eat at our bird feeder. They are a welcome sight two days before the official spring date of the calendar. I had seen them in our neighborhood for a couple weeks now.
Saturday, March 19
Let friends’ love shower you and be buoyed by it.
Sunday, March 20
The first official day of Spring. Each year nature renews herself. Can we? The clocks have sprung forward for daylight savings time. Our lives do not neatly always spring forward. Like the clocks they fall back, but always with the chance to spring forward again.
Monday, March 21
One can look up to the heavens to lift that saturnine feeling.
Tuesday, March 22
The challenge is to reach our physical, mental and emotional potential. It is clearer what can aid physical and mental growth. It is unclear what aids emotional growth. Can we devise a regiment for emotional growth like the countless programs at gyms and universities in the world?
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