On my walk today, I smiled at a passing jogger. We held eye contact, and it led me to ask myself, “How are we in relationship to one another?”. I’m reading The Blue Zones by Dan Buettner, and in Okinawa, the community stays vital well into their centenarian years by maintaining a moai, or secure social network. This group of community members provides constant support and companionship, as one meets with their moai regularly.
I am feeling [ever so slightly] optimistic about the new world we are birthing in right now, and my biggest wish is that we may borrow and weave some of the rich traditions of our ancestors into our re-emerging humanity.
So, my prompt for you is to ask yourself, how are we in relationship to one another, and are there practices that you cherish from your own, or other traditions, that you hope may hold a larger footprint in our society moving forward?
For me, it’s true breaks throughout the day for food and drink—longer lunch breaks, extended dinners with friends on weekdays, and sitting down to a coffee in the afternoon while taking in some sun—all of which my grandparents and aunt practice in Israel, and my relatives before them did in Spain.
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How are we in relationship to one another?
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On my walk today, I smiled at a passing jogger. We held eye contact, and it led me to ask myself, “How are we in relationship to one another?”. I’m reading The Blue Zones by Dan Buettner, and in Okinawa, the community stays vital well into their centenarian years by maintaining a moai, or secure social network. This group of community members provides constant support and companionship, as one meets with their moai regularly.
I am feeling [ever so slightly] optimistic about the new world we are birthing in right now, and my biggest wish is that we may borrow and weave some of the rich traditions of our ancestors into our re-emerging humanity.
So, my prompt for you is to ask yourself, how are we in relationship to one another, and are there practices that you cherish from your own, or other traditions, that you hope may hold a larger footprint in our society moving forward?
For me, it’s true breaks throughout the day for food and drink—longer lunch breaks, extended dinners with friends on weekdays, and sitting down to a coffee in the afternoon while taking in some sun—all of which my grandparents and aunt practice in Israel, and my relatives before them did in Spain.
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