- Land in Tel Aviv June 24th
- Zagreb on June 27th
- Milan July 2nd
- Florence July 5th
- England (?) July 8th (ish)
- Tuscany mid July
- Tel Aviv again July 22nd
- Home July 25th
So excited...
Dec 30, 2014
The Summer Plan
Dec 13, 2014
Dec 9, 2014
Dec 4, 2014
Speak Up
http://everydayfeminism.com/2014/07/5-ways-men-can-respect-women/?utm_content=bufferc3101&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer
I really recommend everyone read this. It's an eye-opening article that my friend posted as her status. Last night, something weird happened and a lot of things came into my understanding all at once. The most important realization was that in our generation, we find it very easy to confront and challenge strangers about pretentious things they say because our world is so overpopulated that we have developed a sense of anonymity. I don't know if this makes much sense but essentially, I think that I am able to lash out at a stranger easily because, in my eyes. there is absolutely nothing preventing me from doing so. However, I have come to realize that many times the people that we are associate ourselves with will say or do things that are not appropriate. And we let them slip by simply because there is a social barrier that we are not willing to compromise or cross. In this sense, we compromise our beliefs in order to prevent the risk of social disruption. What I've realized is that there are some cases in which you must step up and cross over that discomfort. Those who accept that discomfort are the ones who truly respect you. They will be willing to overcome it with an open mind and see through to the challenge. So, I really encourage anyone who is reading this to speak up when something has struck a chord in you. It's the only way to make the changes that some situations deserve.
I really recommend everyone read this. It's an eye-opening article that my friend posted as her status. Last night, something weird happened and a lot of things came into my understanding all at once. The most important realization was that in our generation, we find it very easy to confront and challenge strangers about pretentious things they say because our world is so overpopulated that we have developed a sense of anonymity. I don't know if this makes much sense but essentially, I think that I am able to lash out at a stranger easily because, in my eyes. there is absolutely nothing preventing me from doing so. However, I have come to realize that many times the people that we are associate ourselves with will say or do things that are not appropriate. And we let them slip by simply because there is a social barrier that we are not willing to compromise or cross. In this sense, we compromise our beliefs in order to prevent the risk of social disruption. What I've realized is that there are some cases in which you must step up and cross over that discomfort. Those who accept that discomfort are the ones who truly respect you. They will be willing to overcome it with an open mind and see through to the challenge. So, I really encourage anyone who is reading this to speak up when something has struck a chord in you. It's the only way to make the changes that some situations deserve.
Dec 3, 2014
The Kayapo, a Brazilian Tribe's Social World
“Parents are thought to be connected to their children, and siblings to one another, by a tie that goes deeper than a mere social or emotional bond. This tie is imagined as a sort of spiritual continuation of the common physical substance that they share through conception and the womb. The relation of biological participation lasts throughout life but is broken by death. Cutting off the hair, conceived as the extension of the biological energy of the self into social space, is the symbolically appropriate response to the death of a spouse as well as a child.”
-Terrence Turner, The Social Skin
Wow
What a truly beautiful thing it is it to be completely happy and comfortable with everything around you. The most horrifying reality is the fact that you never truly know whether something has reached its peak or not. We're always on the search for something but what if we finally attain it and then learn that there is something more? And right now, I feel happy. But the striving ends, I've come to realize that. Yes, I am happy with where I am right now and everyone that is around me brings unimaginable joy to my life. But wow, I want this to keep going. I want everything to keep getting better. That is a truly powerful motivator. To keep wanting more...to keep wanting better...to keep looking forward while truly living in the present...wow...a little bit high on life you could say.
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