Dear Friends,
Gestalt founder Fritz Perls used to say, “We teach what we most need to learn.”
I often write here about what I most need to learn — or am in the process of learning. Recently, I have noticed myself somewhat frustrated, in part by world events, from the future of democracy to various wars.
Of course, world issues need our attention at times, and I thought I would focus this week’s newsletter on some good news. The fact that a movie on social-emotional learning in adolescents is the highest-grossing Pixar movie of all time is very good news!
It's amazing to see a movie that is PURPOSEFUL, DEEP, AND REACHES MILLIONS, can also be incredibly profitable, grossing $1.350 billion globally. More of this please!
If you have not seen it, I highly recommend it.
Brother David Steindl-Rast in his video A Good Day, said:
“You think this is just another day in your life. It is not just another day.
It is the one day given to you…. and the only appropriate response is gratefulness.”
Even amidst all the challenges of the world, today countless parents woke up and hugged their children, partners connected deeply, dogs wagged their tails in joy, and the sun rose to warm us.
So while there is a lot of work to help create “what is not here,” there is so much beauty and magic “that is here.” As Jon Kabat-Zinn likes to remind us, "As long as you are breathing, there is more right with you than wrong with you."
So this day, whatever may be rising for you internally or externally, may this not be just another day in your life.
(And again, this what I most need to learn now.)
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Blessings,
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