"Have more than you show, speak less than you know" - Shakespeare, King Lear
Published in 1608, and ever as relevant. As I scratch at the surface of becoming more educated in history, I am continuously astonished by the ways in which human beings never change. Round and round we go with the same weaknesses, the same temptations, so many of the same battles to overcome.
It's fascinating. It's challenging. It's us.
The number one item on Joe's Christmas list this year was an instant camera. In a limitless world of cell phone photos, it's funny that the kids (it was Audrey's #1 gift too!) still wish for the instant printed effect of a captured photo. A few weeks ago, he cleared the bulletin board in his room and the only thing that remained was a wallet sized picture of Papa around second grade! From there, he had the vision of creating his family tree and when the instant camera arrived on Christmas morning, he proceeded to get a photo of every member of his family!
When we arrived back home, he went right to work and proudly showed me his FAMILY TREE!
Coming from a wonderful Christmas weekend in New Jersey, we all have family on our mind. So many similarities between the way we look, our preferences and sense of humor. Not to say we are fully synced, we share plenty of shortcomings and have some that are uniquely our own! :) But I am glad we have each other and very glad Joe feels so bonded to his roots.
“What makes a person a person? What combination of memory, history, imagination, experience, subjectivity, genetic substance, and that ineffable thing called the soul makes us who we are?” Dani Shapiro, Inheritance.
Three Essential Commandments from David Frick, Rock n Roll Editor for Rolling Stone Magazine as conveyed by Superintendent Deacon Kevin McCormack
1. Respect your elders
2. Embrace the new
3. Encourage the improbable and impractical without bias.
