The power of detail.

The one great aspect of education I love, is when I realize I was completely wrong about something I was so sure I knew I was right about. That happens with big philosophical ideas like ( jeez I cant think of anything right now). Or just ordinary view points, like that of details.  When people asked for details, I would always wonder , why... make such a big deal about details !!!! ,. Does it really matter that much. And I felt that it was just a waste of time. Or when righters give minute details, it is just a way to fill up a page.

            But after reading, The power of details, I feel differently. It is amazing that such a tiny chapter can change an onion so very quickly. Although, I try not getting too attached to my onions. So I guess a two-page chapter is enough for me to change an opinion. To explain my self in more detail , the reason I feel differently is because I  never thought lack of detail can have an effect as large as   dehumanizing. When talking about war victims, when you say a million people died, vs. saying Georg Ferdinand Duckwitz died In war saving his two best friends while trying to dodge shooting bullets, makes a big difference in the listener’s empathy level. Or that life is nothing but a bunch of days, if not for the little details.For instance,  This moment is so wonderful, because I am sitting on a comfortable couch, on a warm day with cool calm cool breeze blowing in, cuddled with the family dog, hearing all the wonderful different sounds of life out side, like the neighbor playing the piano, the birds chirping. Of and on sounds of the cars driving by, which helps me appreciate the music even more. The smell of the eucalyptuses super mint scented candle making me feel relaxed. While I write what I feel, I realize that it is all these details that make today, this moment, so very lovely.  

 

Why Write.
Well there is just so many reasons to write, and I wish I could write more, I will try to take Natalie's advise and write anywhere I can, its hard for me to remember to write, but when I do start to write I can just keep going till my brain goes silent. That is one reason I love to write, I love the moment I can feel I am not thinking about anything, and meditating and writing is the only time that happens . There is absolutely no thought in my mind at that moment.

“What is important is not just what you do – “I am writing a book” – but how you do it, how you approach it, and what you come to value. “ Natalie Goldberg

When I started this blog, I saw it as nothing but home work, a royal pain in my ASS !!!!

Every week I would dread the process of reading the readings, and than , arggg having to write about it, and every one can see what I write.  So I would skim through the reading and put a time limit on all my readings, because of course I wanted to be done as soon as possible.  And than just somehow write something that shows I went through the reading. I did not see my self-getting anything from it.

            After I was reminded to pull my self up and  maybe stop viewing it all as JUST home work. I was able to get some joy from the process.

            Well the first thing I did was get my friend to help me perk up blog . After I liked the way my blog looked , I tried adding pictures, to add more life to it. I started to like my blog, and feel a weird sense of attachment.   I thought let me not put a time limit on my readings, and just read for how long I want to and can. And imagine that I have picked the readings, and I am only reading for myself, nobody else.

And  incredibly I am enjoying the blog and the process, and shockingly— for me – I am looking forward to writing about the readings. So I would have to completely agree with Natalie , What matters more is how you approach something