The Lion King
by Eivind Skjellum
Today we don’t have any myths to tell our children in the modern world. Fortunately we can rely on the myths that are transmitted through the movies. A good example of a movie that I let my boys watch is Disney’s modern classic The Lion King since it contains many good lesions for a boy – and for a man – to learn.
Do You Swear To Tell The Truth, The Whole…?
Whether or not you’re currently in a relationship with a lover/partner/spouse, you know that relationships of ALL kinds are a crucial ingredient in what makes life worth living (at least that’s how I look at it). You probably also know that managing a relationship with anyone easily and quickly can turn into seriously tricky business at the drop of a hat. Now, if you also take into account the adage that says, “How you do one thing is how you do Everything,” it’s not too hard to see that it behooves you to be as awakened and conscious to what you’re bringing to all your most challenging relationships on any consistent level.
I’ll hold up a mirror; a poem
by Poet Warrior
I’ll hold up a mirror
So you can see,
The love in your eyes
And the hope in your heart.
I’ll hold up a mirror
So you can see,
The wisdom of your experiences
And the knowledge in your years.
I’ll hold up a mirror
So you can see,
The song in your soul
And the music in your life.
I’ll hold up a mirror
Dancing with Sacred Rhythms
This is probably not new news to you, but the vast majority of how your relationship is going with your partner has a TON to do with how your relationship with YOU is going. On a long-term basis (that is, after “The Honeymoon Period” is over), you’re not likely to be treating your partner and your romantic relationship much better than you treat yourself. When you’re feeling dissatisfied or deprived of certain needs being met by your partner, how often are you looking to see whether or not you’re treating yourself any better?
Job Search Planning Suggestions: 8 Things You Should Do When Starting a Job Search
by Jeff Altman
If you’re not sure what to do, here’s a list that might help.
1. Know yourself
Figure out what really interests and excites you. Use the interests and traits to explore career choices and opportunities.
2. Take a career assessment test.
There are many career assessment tests available online. Find the time to take one. The test gives you a lot of insights about yourself, your core competencies and work preferences.
Dancing in the Breath; a poem
Philos 100
Dancing in their Breath
( that youth we knew…)
by Loren Ruh Smith
He was dancing upon the precipice
Glib of tongue with laughing metaphors
Blessed of health and being hazard’s child
Seeing danger not as paradox but as prayer
Someone called after him, saying “Take care!”
His laughter echoing in the dark abyss
His humor seeming contagious, awing
Sweeping all their fears, all alarms away
I Hate You, So I Can Love You!…Really?!
A few Saturdays ago, I wrote about Mercury Retrograde, essentially warning that a lot of unusually intense emotions, reactions, circumstances, etc. were like to be busting out all over the place…particularly with loved ones. I told you to not necessarily take anything at face value or have conflicts automatically mean something is horribly wrong. I even shared that I had had an uncharacteristically horrible blow-out with one of the folks I dearly love the night before. At the end of that evening, prior to writing you about it, I just felt horrible, felt I’d ruined that relationship for life, felt inept, and just flat out confused as to what the hell had just happened.
The Wellsprings of Violence – Part III
This is the final part of a Sermon delivered by Richard Wiener, who experienced the Holocaust first hand as a Jewish child in his native Germany. Richard is a Ritual Elder in the ManKind Project.
Unitarian Universalist Church of Silver Spring, Maryland
August 28, 2011
So what relevance might my story have for our lives today?
The terror of young men
by Eivind Skjellum
About a week prior to the Oslo terror on July 22, I was in a part of town I rarely visit. I was en-route to an exciting adventure at IKEA and was waiting for the bus that would complete my journey. As I was scanning the features of the recently erected mosque there, I noticed two young ethnic Norwegians walking towards me. They didn’t look particularly tough. Though they spoke “tough”. One of them was clearly afraid. I saw it in his eyes; they were wide and beamed with terror.
Shriners Saved My Son’s Life ~ reprinted
EDITOR’S NOTE: This article sent out by the Chairman of the Board of Governors for Chicago’s Shriner’s Hospital is a touching story about the power of human relationship and connection in creating a space for healing. This story came to the ManKind Project Journal because the father in this story, Steven Twohig, and the friend that he mentions, Hal Klegman, are both members of the ManKind Project. Steven is part of the Central Plains Community, Iowa. Hal is a long-time member of the Chicago Community. Thank you Steven for sharing this touching story about your son. Thank you Hal for serving so long for such a noble cause!
GORDON J HUSK, CHAIRMAN, BOARD OF GOVERNORS, SHRINERS HOSPITAL®–CHICAGO
While at the Chicago hospital for a series of meetings, I had the opportunity to visit two of our operating rooms and a cast room. I observed two surgeries—one to release hamstrings for a boy with cerebral palsy and the other to build a palate for a cleft lip/palate patient. Our excellent surgeons expertly performed the procedures, and the results will be lifechanging.
Turning Boys into Men, a speech by Earl Hip
Earl Hip is a recent recipient of the annual Ron Herring Award for work in Missions of Service from the ManKind Project.
The Eye of Irene
by Joseph DiCenso
As I squush down the last stretch of the old logging trail that leads to Roaring Brook, the stream that drains our hillside, the sound is what signals that I’m about to have my expectations trumped. The brook is living up to its name, and then some: “roaring” doesn’t quite say it–it’s more like the static of a thousand TVs fed through a Central Park concert sound system–that’s the high end range–plus a deep rumble that trails off the low end of human hearing into something I feel in my flesh and bones.
Getting Personal
A colleague of mine, Lori Grayson, posted on her Facecrack wall yesterday the following: “Did you know that the ancient Greek words for education/culture (paideia), play (paidia), and children (paides) all have the same root? Plato said, ‘You can learn more from an hour of play than from a year of talking.’ What are you doing to play today?”
Getting the Most from Joint Mobility Movements
Dr. Stephen Stern is the MKP Journal Health and Fitness Editor – “the Wilder Elder”
Learning proper technique, along with consistent actions, will produce the greatest results. Please read the following to learn and connect with what you can do – for YOURSELF – to get the most benefit(s) by performing joint mobility movements.
When a joint in the body is compromised and is unable to move through its
full range of motion, surrounding soft tissue and other joints pick up the slack.
This creates stress and tension in the body and mind.
The Wellsprings of Violence – Part II
This is the second part of a Sermon delivered by Richard Wiener, who experienced the Holocaust first hand as a Jewish child in his native Germany. Richard is a Ritual Elder in the ManKind Project.
Unitarian Universalist Church of Silver Spring, Maryland
August 28, 2011
My reason for sharing this story with you is to show how it eventually led me to my life mission: to help create a world of peace and harmony, by advocating reconciliation among both individuals and nations.
Happiness is not a goal. It’s a side-effect.
An interesting article in Cracked this week about happiness.
Why having a vast selection of choices tends to make people less happy in general.
You have that agonizing selection process, repeated over and over again with decisions big and small (and some of you reading this have worried yourself sick over whether to go with LCD or plasma — don’t say you haven’t) which not only leads to anxiety, but decreased satisfaction even when we do chose correctly. After all, once you make the decision and get locked in, you never stop thinking “What if.”
The Wellsprings of Violence – Part I
This is the first part of a Sermon delivered by Richard Wiener, who experienced the Holocaust first hand as a Jewish child in his native Germany. Richard is a Ritual Elder in the ManKind Project.
Unitarian Universalist Church of Silver Spring, Maryland
August 28, 2011
We all have a history. We’ve all faced challenges of one kind or another, and for many that is especially true during the current economic crisis. We are told that it behooves us to be kind to everyone we meet, because ultimately life is a struggle for us all.
Present Time, a poem
by Rick Belden
present time
for the first time in my life
the past is beginning to feel like
the past.
the many ghosts of used-to-be
my loyal long-time companions
have drifted off and faded away
dissipated like a morning mist
leaving me here alone
in the blinding light of present time
weighing the merits of truth versus mercy
as I watch the pages of the calendar fly past me
like fallen autumn leaves
blowing down a dead-end street.
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