As I head south tomorrow, it made me think about the winter we're coming through.
I think I did better this winter. Even in the middle of an awful transition at work. I loved the winter. I loved connecting with people a bit more and building fires. I did not feel like it was a season to endure. I am happy to see the sun but I did fine. I watched a lot of TV stories, mainly Doc Martin. I had good outside gear. I spent more time w/ the puppers. I started writing again. The fires though made such a huge difference. It felt alive and yes, very cozy.
Today I had to do more business work, met with staff, had a finance meeting. That's a drain and not lifegiving. The contrast is quite stark. I guess the writing is on the wall for what's next.
Read this in an interview today with Yuval Noah Harari, author of Homo Sapiens;
You’re clearly a big-picture guy, so what do you do to recharge and get the perspective that you need for your work?
Arianna Huffington, entrepreneur
I read a very large number of books from all fields, all disciplines. I usually start with a big question, such as whether people today are happier than in the past, or why men have dominated women in most human societies. And then I follow the question instead of trying to follow my own answer, even if it means I can’t formulate any clear theory.
What does meditation do for you?
Andrew Anthony, The Guardian
Above all, it enables me to try and see reality as it is. When we try to observe the world, and when we try to observe ourselves, the mind constantly generates stories and fictions and explanations and imposes them on reality, and we cannot see what is really happening because we are blinded by the fictions and stories that we create or other people create and we believe. Meditation for me is just to see reality as it is – don’t get entangled in any story, in any fiction.
How would you advise the individual who wants to live a good life and contribute to the well-being of those not yet born as well as those already here?
Paul Baker, reader
Get to know yourself better, and especially what you really want from life, because otherwise technology tends to dictate to people their aims in life, and instead of technology serving us to realize our aims, we become enslaved to its agenda. And it’s very difficult to know what you really want from life. I’m not saying it’s an easy task.