Wow, time has somehow escaped! How can it already be January 20th? Where are all the those deep, insightful, thought-provoking posts that I planned to have on this sight?
Well...I do have one plausible excuse - taking time to finish working on the contents of the next issue of Among Worlds magazine. Now Joy, the wonderful graphic artist who makes it look so professional, has the contents to do her magic on!
I do appreciate the comments folks have been leaving - and my apologies for not answering them - just keep running out of time. No wait...time keeps running out on ME!
Keeping friends is somewhat like keeping time...they too will slip away too fast. In the article titled "Taking friendships with you", by Nora FitzGerald (see http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/11/24/news/afriends.php), she specifically touches on how to hold on to your friends/friendships - because time, and memory of friends, all too often slips away and we lose momentum and contact, but experience much regret.
How do you maintain the friendships you have made over the many schools/countries/languages/experiences that are (or have been) a major part of your life? I would love to hear your "solutions".
From my heart to yours,
Margie
Editor, Among Worlds magazine
Saturday, January 20, 2007
Thursday, January 04, 2007
Resolutions...shmezolutions
The new year, 2007, has already begun. Seems here in the US (is this done in other countries also?), the tradition is-on New Year's Eve-to write down or state your "resolutions" for the new year. These are supposed to be things you wish to accomplish, goals you are going to set in order to meet, etc.
I must confess...I did not make any resolutions. It is not an activity which I indulged in while growing up (I remember the adults conversing about this) and is something I find rather nebulous today. I just could not envision myself, sitting out in the wild, untamed, jungles of my former homeland, making promises to accomplish or reach goals when everything around me appeared so uncertain. I did set seeking to gain knowledge of certain activities (like making a native carrying net), but that was something I wanted to do anyway!
Besides, personal resolutions seemed too much like relationships - apt to be broken, soon to be parted from, and never quite the same when trying to start back up again.
What are your thoughts on this? Did your family/community embrace this as part of their passport-home traditions, carrying them out in a foreign land somewhere? Was this something done by the indigenous people you lived with?
Do you make resolutions now?
Well...back to the editing table to continue working on the next issue of Among Worlds magazine! I know each of you who subscribe will enjoy what all the authors have to say.
Margie
Editor, AW
I must confess...I did not make any resolutions. It is not an activity which I indulged in while growing up (I remember the adults conversing about this) and is something I find rather nebulous today. I just could not envision myself, sitting out in the wild, untamed, jungles of my former homeland, making promises to accomplish or reach goals when everything around me appeared so uncertain. I did set seeking to gain knowledge of certain activities (like making a native carrying net), but that was something I wanted to do anyway!
Besides, personal resolutions seemed too much like relationships - apt to be broken, soon to be parted from, and never quite the same when trying to start back up again.
What are your thoughts on this? Did your family/community embrace this as part of their passport-home traditions, carrying them out in a foreign land somewhere? Was this something done by the indigenous people you lived with?
Do you make resolutions now?
Well...back to the editing table to continue working on the next issue of Among Worlds magazine! I know each of you who subscribe will enjoy what all the authors have to say.
Margie
Editor, AW
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