Thursday, May 23, 2013

Dysania

Dysania
The state of finding it hard to get out of the bed in the morning.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/daves4/25-everyday-things-you-never-knew-had-names

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

wisdom comes about from wise living through embracing tensions of opposites, as well as wonder, mystery, and complexity   

-e j. tisdell

Saturday, May 18, 2013

BACONISM

Love is when he see's me at my worst

         yet embraces me as I am.

What I love he extends protection around 

         and helps me carry

Through sickness and in health

         silk dresses, pajamas, beer bellies

                 no makeup or heels

                        eat all the cookies in the jar

As long as it is dark

           he picks me UP

                  maybe cause I make him

BACON

Friday, May 17, 2013



Spirituality is an elusive concept.

How do biological, social, and cultural factors such as race, gender, and sexual orientation affect development and learning?

-Elizabeth J. Tisdell
The Spritual Dimension of Adult Development

Is faith the same as spirituality?

Fowler (1981) describes a six stage process of faith development.

1. Intuitive-projective faith
2. Mythic-literal faith
3. Conventional faith (conformist stage)
4. Individuative-reflective faith
5. Conjunctive faith
6. Universalizing faith

How do images and symbols help us construct knowledge and development? Do things such as art, music and creative works encourage development?

We unconsciously use images and symbols we see to construct knowledge while attempting to act within one's spiritual path.

Fowler, J. Stages of Faith: The Psychology of Human Development and the Quest for Meaning. San Francisco: HarperCollins, 1981.