By Renee Shay, Harvesting Thought -explore- My grandma Rose, who we called “Grandma Mac,” loved playing cards like Hearts, 500, even Kings in the Corner, any card game you could imagine, she was ready to play as soon as you walked through her front door. As we played, she would tell me stories about herContinue reading “Science, Religion and Family”
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To Leave a Legacy in My Wake
By Renee Shay, Harvesting Thought -explore- None of us, not you, not me, and not a stranger on the street came to the Americas through ordinary lineages. Our ancestors were all extraordinary human beings, all of them, even more so those who had to endure fates that none of us today could imagine for ourselves. Continue reading “To Leave a Legacy in My Wake”
Communication – The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
By Renee Shay, Harvesting Thought –explore– I recently visited the San Francisco Zoo with family and had a wonderful time. I saw bears exploring their enclosure for treats left by the keepers, wolves playing hide-and-seek on their worn trails, orangutans climbing high up for the view while they ate breakfast and lions doing what theyContinue reading “Communication – The Good, The Bad and The Ugly”
Restoring Intimacy: An Hour of Your Lifetime
By Renee Shay, Harvesting Thought –First Step– Plan time to take about a one hour walk with the love of your life. Before you go, make a copy of an image of the two of you from the beginning of your journey (i.e., wedding photo). Set the original photo on the counter where you willContinue reading “Restoring Intimacy: An Hour of Your Lifetime”
Paradox From Within – Altruism
By Renee Shay, Harvesting Thought –explore– During my school age years there was no doubt in anyone’s mind that I was a hot mess. I had a teacher once tell me who had been trying her best to help me that it appeared to her that other people loved me more than I loved myself. Continue reading “Paradox From Within – Altruism”
Now I Lay Me
By Renee Shay, Harvesting Thought –explore– “Now I lay me down to sleep, praise the Lord, my soul to keep. If I die before I wake, God my soul is free to take.” What a hell of a thing to teach a child, this prayer, so that they say it every night before they tryContinue reading “Now I Lay Me”
Connecting With My Herd
By Renee Shay, Harvesting Thought –explore– Nature is my place of worship, never have I felt comfortable in a church or with any sort of manmade religion, including Catholicism, of which I was indoctrinated into as a child. From the time I can remember, I have always found solace in exploring my outer world, outdoors,Continue reading “Connecting With My Herd”
Knock, Knock, Knock!
By Renee Shay, Harvesting Thought –explore– Knock, knock, knock! Who is there, Justice, Justice who? Justice once I would like see accountability (insert about any wrong you can think of). This is where I awake and start my day, thinking about justice. With a photo I took some years ago while in Washington D.C. andContinue reading “Knock, Knock, Knock!”
Acceleration of Creativity: From Modernity into the Age of Self-Actualization
By Renee Shay, Harvesting Thought –explore– What drives a human beings need for creativity and wanting to share what they create with others? Are they creating to fill a need for themselves, for others or for both? Why do they do it when oftentimes creativity is something that may only be beautiful to the creatorContinue reading “Acceleration of Creativity: From Modernity into the Age of Self-Actualization”
Squaring the Circle of Democracy
By Renee Shay, Harvesting Thought –explore– Can you square something that its very existence is dependent on being diametrically opposed to its own self? Seems like a contradiction in terms to take two shapes, a square and a circle, and try to figure out if you can find a way to reconcile them. How doContinue reading “Squaring the Circle of Democracy”
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