Links in Solitude
Dec. 19th, 2019 07:22 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pshaw_ravenThree weeks out from the Dopey Challenge! We should get our waivers and corral placements today, and I start running the "mini challenge" as my last big training runs. It's freezing (literally) here this morning so as Fox and I were joking, if I wanted a more authentic experience I could go stand in the yard for an hour, wrapped in a mylar blanket. As it is, I'm eating breakfast, giving myself about half an hour to digest, then running 2.5 miles. Actually I think waivers may drop at 9 - we'll see! *bounces*
So have a link-o-rama roundup on this chilly Thursday.
What is a mensch? (from the Jewish Chronicle) I wanted to know this as well, since a promo email I received this morning had "How to be a mensch" as one of the courses on offer. The email was from the Shambhala Foundation in case you were curious. I was curious because I'd, of course, heard the word before but had almost no idea what it meant. I assumed something endearing because I usually heard it said with approval and warmth.
5 Yoga Poses to Help You Survive Your Family - No matter what holiday you're going home for, there's no place like home to make you feel belittled, left out, and looked down on. Hopefully some quiet time and yoga will help those of you dealing with difficult relations get through it all. These are all easy poses - no Flying Pigeons or headstands here - and even if you're just traveling by plane or car, this sequence can help work out the kinks. Enjoy. :)
Japan's 'johatsu' or Evaporated People - people go deliberately missing in Japan all the time. There are even agencies that can help erase a person overnight, getting abused women out of their homes (since even to this day the police can't or won't help in domestic situations), debtors away from their creditors, and people who just want to vanish away from ... everything.
What the joyous solitude of early hermits can teach us about being alone" Remember that solitude doesn't always equal loneliness, and in my experience, loneliness is more about your perceived lack, while solitude is a positive thing you can carry around with you. You can be lonely in a crowd, or you can have a sense of solitude that comforts you like a warm cloak. (Or a mylar blanket)
So have a link-o-rama roundup on this chilly Thursday.
What is a mensch? (from the Jewish Chronicle) I wanted to know this as well, since a promo email I received this morning had "How to be a mensch" as one of the courses on offer. The email was from the Shambhala Foundation in case you were curious. I was curious because I'd, of course, heard the word before but had almost no idea what it meant. I assumed something endearing because I usually heard it said with approval and warmth.
5 Yoga Poses to Help You Survive Your Family - No matter what holiday you're going home for, there's no place like home to make you feel belittled, left out, and looked down on. Hopefully some quiet time and yoga will help those of you dealing with difficult relations get through it all. These are all easy poses - no Flying Pigeons or headstands here - and even if you're just traveling by plane or car, this sequence can help work out the kinks. Enjoy. :)
Japan's 'johatsu' or Evaporated People - people go deliberately missing in Japan all the time. There are even agencies that can help erase a person overnight, getting abused women out of their homes (since even to this day the police can't or won't help in domestic situations), debtors away from their creditors, and people who just want to vanish away from ... everything.
What the joyous solitude of early hermits can teach us about being alone" Remember that solitude doesn't always equal loneliness, and in my experience, loneliness is more about your perceived lack, while solitude is a positive thing you can carry around with you. You can be lonely in a crowd, or you can have a sense of solitude that comforts you like a warm cloak. (Or a mylar blanket)
