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a Moment for Wisdom… |
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DAILY “Be very, very careful what you put into
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Personal Wisdom:
What are five things that you would really like to truly forget/ not know?
Are you careful with what you put into your head? How do you exercise care? (Some people either don’t watch television, or watch it only selectively. Others are careful not to engage in “idle talk”.) What do you do?
What could you do to be more careful with what goes in your head?
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Societal Wisdom:
What do we “know” as a society that has been deeply believed, but no longer true and/or relevant in the 21st Century?
How can we go about getting it out of our collective heads?
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a Moment with Sharif… |
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I was recently at a coffee shop, where I heard 3 people talking about how a particular neighborhood was “dangerous”. The neighborhood they were talking about was mine! (It’s
The thought of a “dangerous” neighborhood, can get embedded in our heads and never come out. And, it gets embedded in our hearts, joined there by all the other fears we’ve picked up over the decades.
While we may not be able to do anything about “dis-remembering” a thought, we certainly can work on opening the doors to our hearts and airing out those old, worn-out and moldy thoughts. Time for Spring cleaning?
Peace,
Sharif
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Acknowledgments:
Sharif Abdullah photo: Lisa Norton All other photos by Sharif Abdullah, unless otherwise noted.
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