#remaining teachable

Hola Everybody, What did I learn today?

This is what I learned today. With all the shit that’s going down, perhaps this will put a song in your heart…

Are you familiar with the song “Blackbird” by The Beatles? Most of us are. I had no idea the meaning behind it. Did you? I will never listen to it the same way again. “Paul McCartney was visiting America. It is said that he was sitting, resting,…

  Hola Everybody, So, there are some things I maintain that help keep whatever sanity I can claim. One is a daily meditation practice (vipassana), often done when I first wake up.

Secondly, it’s to find and engage things I am passionate about and that give me some measure of joy (see my post earlier in the day). I have to be on a mission. So I try to connect with and immerse myself in things I am…

Remaining Teachable [The First Recorded Opera]

Hola Everybody, When I was a young child, a teacher responded to my question by informing me that the reason she didn’t teach Puerto Rican history was because, “Your people don’t have a history.”

I was very upset.

So when I got home I asked my father why we didn’t have a history and my father looked up suddenly and said, “Who told you that?!”

I explained and he just nodded his head.

From that day…

Remaining Teachable [Licking Your Elbow]

Hola Everybody, When my son was about 7-8 years old, we would play a game. Everyday we had to share with one another something new we learned that day. In the spirit of that game I offer these daily discoveries…

It is impossible to lick your elbow.*

*Note: 75% of all people who read this will try to lick their elbow