Living-Deliberately.com

Thoughts:

•  it’s dawned on me today that when one takes a subject, researches it, considers it, and decides to keep parts of and disgard others out of respect for individuals, that there are purists of that subject who will insist you simply haven’t listened long enough, read enough, been open enough. They will insist this a failing on your part, rather than on their system or subject. They will increduously scorn you as being closed-minded. Lord forgive me for any time I’ve ever done this to another, out of love for an ideal.
• it’s also reminded me that being deliberate or decided about something can intimidate those languishing in debate and uncertainty. Being focused, moving on to actually living something rather than endlessly and circuitously debating the best way to live, can seem threatening. Threatened people insult. They assume you are “saying”, through your deliberateness, something about their own decision or lack thereof, whether you are or not.
• And, there is a season to everything. A season for asking. A season for wondering. A season for researching. A season for eating and digesting. A season for moving on.
• Last night we watched a new show on CBS that just premiered last week. It’s called pirate master and is great fun! From the makers of Survivor and with similar elements, it has that “first season” hokiness to overcome. But there are neat twists and turns, compelling characters from the outset, and a fantasticaly fun theme!
• The TED.com video we watched last night was on human-centered design. Neat thoughts, curious designs.  Gotta love the 3-second delay mirror; not so much the scuba machine that lets you watch the ocean on TV while sailing…

please watch this one!!! What a great TED talk! A whole bunch of of our favorite points wrapped up into one bundle: creating spaces that we care about, spaces worth defending. One disclaimer: there are a few wordie-dirties in the first half.

I like these TED.com videos so much I had to make a category for my favorites! Today’s: Barry Swartz’s The paradox of Choice. I’d heard of his book and the idea is an interesting one: does having more choices really make us happier?

But I’m excited about TED.com….in addition to the very excellent speech by Sir Ken Robinson the other day, tonight I watched a speech by marketing-guru Seth Godin, which led me to finally check out the root site, TED.com. It’s a gathering of creative thinkers…neat, neat, neat. Check it out.

Bless this man! He perfectly pegged what I hope to preserve in my kids, why I run and pace when I need to think, why my math grades shouldn’t be a judgment of my intelligence, why education needs to reform in ways rarely talked about, why we should look closer at those who don’t fit into a box…. this video will take a few minutes of your time but they will be minutes well worth it. Shout out to Carrie for posting it first!