Life for me is

Someone help me find a quotation, that I thought was from George Bernard Shaw, "Life for me is no brief little flame, it is a blaze......"

Dani Karmi and his son Lavi are on their way to the base to visit with Adam, bringing a change of socks, and a fleece.

 

Do you sleep at night?

Adam asked if I've been sleeping. Seems some of the young men carry the weight of knowing that their moms are sleepless, not functional at times like this. I assured him that, though I think about him constantly, have my hand on my cellphone round the clock, ready to hear from him, I sleep well and I trust entirely. It doesn't take religion to conceptualize an organizing principle that balances the canoe.
"He who makes Himalayas and butterflies' wings knows His stuff. Let him take the paddle for awhile.
My best image for this is the bedtime Shma, a declaration not only of the unity, the oneness, the interrelatedness of all things. Beyond this, in the bedtime Shma you are saying to whatever organizing principle, whatever energy, whatever "Good Organizing Direction" is acting, "I know you're up all night, steering. Over to you. I trust you. Why should both of us lose sleep?"

Adam just called !

What a feeling, when the phone rang this morning, Tuesday, Jan 13 at 8:00 a.m. When I hear the ring, I always think it may be Adam, and it's beautiful family and friends sending love to Adam, and asking how he is, and me telling them I know he's fine, and I'll call as soon as I hear from him. Then today, it really was Adam's voice, strong, buoyant, good. No details, but he's in an army base, Sde Teiman, near Beer Sheva, ready for a good sleep, shower, food. Tov.

6 Hats

When making a decision, look at the issue in turn with each of these hats on your head:
white hat: neutral, facts and numbers.
red: feelings
black hat: all the negatives, what could go wrong
yellow hat: sunshine, the upside
green: creative, new thinking, Alex Jadad's "what if" thinking. Just imagine!
blue: meta, thinking about the thinking. How am I going about this decision?