![]() ![]() Her challenging goals for her two daughters were a picnic neither for them nor for her. ![]() President Obama is the evidently successful result of having had a Tiger Mother, the term made current by Amy Chua’s book Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, in which the author describes her similarly exacting approach to motherhood. “This is no picnic for me either, buster.” I offered stiff resistance to this regimen, but in response to every strategy I concocted…she would patiently repeat her most powerful defense: In his memoir Dreams from My Father, Barack Obama tells us that when he was a boy in Indonesia, his motherįive days a week…came into my room at four in the morning, force-fed me breakfast, and proceeded to teach me my English lessons for three hours before I left for school and she left for work. Erin Patrice O’Brien for The Wall Street JournalĪmy Chua with her daughters Lulu and Sophia, New Haven, Connecticut, 2011 ![]()
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The novel begins with the story of Abe, who in the first lines rejects the idea of himself as a patriarch or a leader of men, as it says in the Bible. ![]() The lore of Dutchman's Creek, told by local blue-collar cook Howard, becomes a central focus of the novel, along with the struggles of all of the men to remain stable despite insurmountable grief. Soon, Dan asks Abe to take a fishing trip with him to Dutchman's Creek, a stream known for taking the lives of fishermen who visit. After stabilizing himself, Abe befriends Dan, who has also experienced a tragedy, and together the two find solace in fishing. The main character, Abraham or Abe, as he prefers to be called, loses his wife early in the novel, struggling to remain balanced after the emotional toll that watching his wife die took on his well-being. ![]() The Fisherman is a mythical horror novel by John Langan, which pays homage, in part, to Moby Dick and the Bible. ![]() ![]() ![]() So if we can slow our minds down and allow ourselves the space to breathe, we’ll see that the world slows down right along with it. ![]() Our perception of the world governs how we see it. But it isn’t really the world that’s moving too fast. Too often, we allow outside forces to take control. When’s the last time you took a moment to focus completely on yourself? Between work, family, friends, and the day-to-day drama that surrounds us, it’s all too easy to allow life to feel overwhelming. Mindfulness, Happiness, Alternative Medicine, Self Help, Spirituality, Philosophy, Psychology, Personal Development, Religion, Buddhism, Mental Health, Inspirational Introduction: Learn inspiring life lessons from one of the world’s most popular Buddhist meditation teachers. Give your life purpose by living with confidence and conviction. ![]() ![]() Introduction: What’s in it for me? Learn inspiring life lessons from one of the world’s most popular Buddhist meditation teachers. By practicing mindfulness and compassion with ourselves and others, we allow ourselves the space necessary to slow down, breathe, and discover genuine, lasting happiness.Ī Zen Buddhist monk offers best-selling advice for developing loving relationships and achieving serenity. Even minor setbacks can seem catastrophic, making the bigger problems all the more devastating. The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down (2012) explains how our fast-paced world can easily become overwhelming. ![]() ![]() ![]() The hen, of course, thinks this baby will be a chick. The mother never does, but when Straggler finds her, he agrees to stand guard while Sprout is brooding. One day, while wandering the fields, she finds this egg and decides to sit on it until the mother returns. Even though he isn’t able to convince the other animals to let Sprout stay on the farm, he is able to help her fulfill one wish: To sit on an egg and watch a baby hatch from it. He is allowed to stay on the farm, but he keeps his distance from the other ducks. ![]() Like Sprout, Straggler is a misfit, a wild duck among domesticated ones. While in the open grave, she meets Straggler, a mallard duck who also lives on the farm. “Nobody wants you!”ĭespite the harsh reality that Sprout has to face outside the coop, she doesn’t have to face it alone. To make matters worse, after she narrowly escapes from a menacing weasel in an open grave, the other farmyard animals, led by an arrogant rooster, reject her. However, she soon discovers that her new freedom comes with a loss of comforts such as shelter and food. After refusing to lay any more eggs for the farmer who owns her, she becomes “culled” and released from her chicken coop. ![]() Early in Sun-mi Hwang’s novel The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly, the main character, a hen named Sprout, learns about sacrifice. ![]() ![]() Pottersville looks fun as hell! At least, more fun than sleepy Bedford Falls, where the coolest thing you can do is throw rocks at a condemned house or sled into an icy pond and suffer lifelong hearing loss.Īdmit it, Clarence–Bedford Falls is better off without George Bailey. Potter, the immoral real estate mogul who stakes claim to the place, is obviously is a very shitty old coot, so it's sad to see him in power, but you just can’t deny the irony of the situation. Can you imagine? Jazz music! Not in my Christian street!īut over 60 years after the film was released back in 1946, Pottersville doesn't look quite so bad anymore. Without George Bailey, Bedford Falls becomes "Pottersville," a hive of sin and villainy, where sex workers roam the streets freely and the film's orchestral soundtrack is replaced with jazz music. ![]() The picturesque storefronts on the town's main road turn into a drag of "jitterbug" bars and billiards halls, there's flashing lights everywhere, and we even see advertisements for strip clubs. ![]() ![]() When George Bailey contemplates suicide and recedes into the Twilight Zone in It's A Wonderful Life, the old-fashioned American values of Bedford Falls go dark. ![]() |