Spring, and everything outside is growing,even the tall cypress tree.
We must not leave this place.
Around the lip of the cup we share, these words,
My life is not mine.
— Rumi, Essential Rumi, tr. Coleman Barks, p. 41
March 9, 2009
Well, being off the internet is making communications with our Monday homeschooling coop a living hell.
Fortunately, no one has voted me off the island yet, but it is causing difficulties in staying in touch with everyone. While we are together we are coordinating activities, setting up snack, cleaning up snack, assisting with conflict, pasting up the newspaper, etc.
It is difficult to finish a conversation. So we would finish conversations by email. But then I went and got off the internet. This is making communications difficult.
OK, well I guess M. has never been a big e-mailer. We would always have to call her last year. In particular, A. seems stressed — whether this is caused in part or in full by more challenging coop communications, I don’t know. I like to think everything’s about me, anyway.
I’m officially a flaky homeschooler.
The good news: we finally laid out the first issue of The Blue Eagle newspaper together today at coop. C. was super-grumpy and needed to play alone, but the rest of the older kids and I did that.
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Did you know my original blog (from the 90s) was called "It's All About Me! (the column)" ?
ReplyDeleteIt was a name my friend came up with when I was making fun of myself for being such a navel-gazer who always assumed everything was about me.
These days when I get that "It's me" feeling I almost always go *straight* to prayer because its my fears and insecurities ruling me instead of my peace. I wonder if that makes sense...
Too funny. Thanks for reading & commenting!
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