Category: Leadership
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Despre comunitate
Vulnerabilitatea este inconfortabilă. Dar când ne lăsăm cunoscute sau cunoaștem pe cele de lângă noi dincolo de aparențe, începem să gustăm savoarea apartenentei. Astfel, printre altele, așa ne împrietenim cu disconfortul. Pășind în lumină. Să ne aerisim mintea și inima. Să ne lăsăm văzute, și prin imperfecțiunile noastre să lumineze Isus și felul in care…
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Jurnal de Adoptie
Nu pot să nu fiu eu. Chiar și când sunt conștientă cum apar pe din afară, și ceva în mine mă înghiontește să fiu mai caldă, mai veselă, mai primitoare. Dar eu stau, puțin stânjenită, pentu că și eu, ditamai adultul, în situații noi, sunt rușinoasă. Dar nu mi-e rușine de rușinea mea. Poate când…
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Public speaking
I have had countless oral exams. I have taught hundreds of classes at Apple (daily practice and the technical topic made it easy). I have shared in front of 300+ people and hosted conferences and tried my very best to hone this skill. It doesn’t just one day click and you never need to prepare.…
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FB – as in Foarte Bine
Last night Jackie walks in the door and says: mom, I got a failing grate in my test today. I want us to look at it together so I can learn from my mistakes. It was snowing, and cold wind was rushing through the door as I greeted her. Rufus was as usual agitated around…
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about writing
“Do what you know” they say. Do what you like, what draws you. Write from experience. Don’t make things up, even if you write fiction. Your fictional characters can become real if you write in them stuff you actually have experience with. I worry to not be snobby in my world view. So I lean…
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Self-esteem
Even if I’m just annoyed or discouraged, I try to speak truth and hope and belief about the kids’ potential and abilities. I’m pretty good at lying through omission. I’m not sure how else to overcome my surprise or lack of trust in plain view otherwise. So I tell my kids they have incredible potential…
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Progress and paid work
I started to doubt that progress even exists if I can’t see it with my own eyes, if I can’t quantify it. I am keen on growing, on developing new skills, but I seem to be stuck doing the same old thing, and all I’m learning is patience and perseverance whilst keeping up hope. Honestly,…
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Lumini în cetate
La inițiativa și invitația unor mame, am zis da și eu, sa ajut cum pot să pornească un grup mops și în biserica pe care o frecventez. Îmi este foarte clar care nu sunt darurile mele, și cu toate astea mă străduiesc să nu las garda jos și să fac un efort. Să cresc și…
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Fine arts and music
Jackie has been playing the clarinet for three years. She is very talented and we delight healing her play often. She doesn’t practice daily or from her own initiative, except on occasions, but I’m so happy for her and her skill and passion. I wonder about her old desire to play the cello, or initially…
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There must be a purpose
I feel I’m in the trenches of life. Experiencing discomfort, growing pains, perspective and disillusionment to the fullest. Life is hard. I lost my perspective of joy. But I cling onto the hope that everything I suffer will birth the passion of my next chapter. I am passionate about so many things. I polish my…
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Step in or step aside
We protectInterpret words and actionsspeak highly of the otherHolding the world in balanceWith our heartWith our mind. I hear them complain about the otherAnd I weigh in my heart what I hearThen I pray. They all have a pointThey are all rightand they are all wrong. None of us is perfectBut that is a blessingWe…
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Work through the difficulty
An actor was sharing the lessons he learned in his debut years. Trying to enter into an audition, the door was blocked by a chair. He poked his head in and said: excuse me. I can’t begin my number. There’s a chair in the way. To which he got the replay: “work through the difficulty.…