Have a conversation about the following: When I was little, with four older sisters, I was constantly told that I had to respect my elders which included my sisters – one of whom was six when I was five. While the concept of respect is a most positive thing to bring your child up on, as it [...]
August 3, 2010
Categories: Thoughts on Life, Uncategorized . Tags: Respect, older, younger, growing up . Author: avrum . Comments: Leave a Comment
Today I met a man who has been subjected to bullying and stereotyping all his life, and in the end came out on top. I realized that those who attend school, do not do well, and survive it, are frequently the ones who accomplish great things in life. Why? Part of it is the ‘nothing [...]
July 23, 2010
Categories: Simple Ideas, Thoughts on Life . Tags: Bullying, ordinary, Autism: the Musical . Author: avrum . Comments: Leave a Comment
Lebron James did what he wanted to do, in the way he felt it should be done. Big deal. His departure gave us a chance to hear him, see him and get a better sense of who he is as a human being. While he spoke, was sort of interviewed, he looked entirely uncomfortable, except when he [...]
July 12, 2010
Categories: Thoughts on Life, sports . Tags: basketball, Lebron James, NBA . Author: avrum . Comments: Leave a Comment
1) How aware are you, of what you don’t know? 2) When you learn something knew about a passion – say art – what is the experience? 3) Have you had a mentor, or a ‘master’ teaching you, instructing you? What was the relationship like?
May 27, 2010
Categories: Thoughts on Life, What???? . Tags: learning, master, mentor, Teaching . Author: avrum . Comments: Leave a Comment
In October, 2010 Lil Wayne, the rapper was charged with criminal weapon possession and criminal possession of a loaded weapon and sentenced to 1 year in jail. If you want to know how he’s doing in jail all you have to do is check out the following blog: http://weezythanxyou.com/ and his ESPN blog on sports. Many of [...]
May 7, 2010
Categories: Debates, Question, Thoughts on Life, Uncategorized . Tags: blogging, Conrad Black, Lil Wayne, National Post, prison, Weezy . Author: avrum . Comments: 2 Comments
I have written about this before but am quite amazed at the courage of Filipino women who have come here to work and left their children back home. They do it for a better life. This courage, extreme bravery is similar to the Tibetan people who send their children to India for a better life, [...]
October 22, 2009
Categories: Thoughts on Life . Tags: Filipino, India. Tibet, Kindertransport, Second World War . Author: avrum . Comments: Leave a Comment
Something touches us so deeply. For everyone that something is different but the effects are always a deep, stabbing slice of the spirit, a loud pinch that speaks with such volume that our rational dissipates and our reason shrinks like the turtle going to hide in her shell. For me it is a child crying a suffering crying. It is [...]
July 26, 2009
Categories: Thoughts on Life . Tags: crying, small . Author: avrum . Comments: Leave a Comment
AS I PASSED THROUGH THE DAY, I NOTICED…. 1. … that a man whose daughter is suffering from cancer was deeply pained. How many people go through this pain? What does it mean to a parent to have to be witness to your child in so much agony? How does one digest a child’s illness that could [...]
July 23, 2009
Categories: Thoughts on Life . . Author: avrum . Comments: 1 Comment
Moving is generally an onerous task that most people do not look forward. Much is said about it and the culture surrounding this lack lustre task such as: if a friend helps me move, then he/she has really proven his/her commitment to me. Further, what is the time called when your furniture and belongings are [...]
June 30, 2009
Categories: Simple Ideas, Thoughts on Life . Tags: Chafetz Chaim, movers, Moving . Author: avrum . Comments: 1 Comment
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