Open to Possibilities

I wasn't sure what I wanted to blog about this week, and then, when I was in the bathroom this morning, it came to me! (No, not that. This isn't a "bathroom humor" post, as Louise would say!) I happened to look out the window and see a hawk in our backyard. So I spent the next 40 minutes photographing it. You can see some of the best photos in my Urban Hawk album on FB.

Anyway, it was very fortuitous, because I just finished reading the book The Art of Possibility by Rosamund Stone Zander and Benjamin Zander. Although I put off reading this book for several months, once I finally started it, I really enjoyed it. It is not your average, ordinary "self-help" or enlightenment book, since it was written by the conductor of the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra and his wife, a therapist; rather, it gives you a different way to view and interact with the world and other people. One of the ideas I liked best in the book was the suggestion that you go into situations ready to "give everyone an A". You'll have to read the book to see what the Zanders mean by that, but it's not only applicable for teachers! It helps to remember to be open to the wonders all around us, and the possibility that each one of us can be extraordinary. And the hawk just confirmed this for me. Hope that you are having a week that is full of possibilities!