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On the Elevator
By
Edie Weinstein, MSW, LSW
Yesterday I received a surprise in the mail. It was a tiny pocket sized book called Back To Joy that was compiled by author June Cotner. It contains tidbits of wisdom from the likes of Anne Lamott, John Welwood, Winston Churchill, Helen Keller, Rachel Carson, Og Mandino and someone else who is grateful to…
Wabi Sabi Walls
By
Edie Weinstein, MSW, LSW
The Japanese concept of Wabi Sabi is defined in Wikipedia as: ” A comprehensive Japanese world view or aesthetic centered on the acceptance of transience and imperfection. The aesthetic is sometimes described as one of beauty that is “imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete”. I look at as ‘perfection in imperfection’. Kind of like life. I see…
Clothes Make The Man
By
Edie Weinstein, MSW, LSW
As I was speaking with a client today, we were discussing ways that people learn who they are and how they re-create themselves when major life changes occur. I remembered a scene from one of my favorite films: Joe vs. the Volcano. Tom Hanks plays Joe Banks who has a dreary, gray life, with predictability, as…
Changing Your Mind About God
By
Edie Weinstein, MSW, LSW
I was listening to an NPR interview today with author Scott Chesire whose initial book is called High As the Horses’ Bridles, which is a reference to an image connected with Armageddon. It is a novel, but in part, is based on his own experience as a Jehovah’s Witness. In his conversation on Radio Times with Marty Moss-Coane, he speaks of ‘fleeing’…
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