Sunset from the Punahou Campus
Good Morning, God
What a lovely time I had yesterday — ending up with a presentation at Punahou on brain research — followed by a tour of the Omidyar Kindergarten and First Grade complex.
Just think, God, now they KNOW that children learn better if they are active every 25 minutes. Amazing! It sounds as if children are no longer being set into little rows (like corn) and expected to grow. Movement is now seen as a key to learning. Indeed, to leap to the other end of the age spectrum, movement is a key to keeping older minds working well.
I suppose, God, that the sunset photo is a symbol of the sun setting on the old model of education. Hmmm. At least it’s setting at Punahou. I’m very happy about this as it seems clear to me that you designed us to enjoy learning. And maybe it will have some effect on our culture’s current obsession with being RIGHT.
Right is such a narrow, joyless place — at least to my mind. I suppose it comes from the emphasis on taking “tests” where there is a “right” answer — unlike “life”.
A friend said that he had learned in life that: “You can be Right or you can have Relationships”. Wouldn’t it be extraordinary, God, if we could learn to enjoy discovering that we were wrong about something? My, THAT would change things — turn them right side up! How about if being “smart” wasn’t about getting the right answer — but being flexible enough to play with ideas and delight in tossing out disfunctional ones.”
How about if we could leap over arguing — and get into observing what works, and what doesn’t? Hmmm. I think, God, that this sounds like Humility. Humility that learns and admits mistakes and errors. It takes a very strong person to be able to be that humble.
Story teller,
A Moment with God 
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