Comments on: February 10, 2009: A teachable moment http://www.patriciawild.net/2009/02/february-10-2008-a-teachable-moment/ Author of Way Opens: A Spiritual Journey Mon, 09 Jan 2012 15:02:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Nesto http://www.patriciawild.net/2009/02/february-10-2008-a-teachable-moment/comment-page-1/#comment-18 Nesto Sat, 28 Feb 2009 00:11:20 +0000 http://www.patriciawild.net/?p=37#comment-18 Very interesting story, and well written. There always seem to be a race issue, but I tend to ignore that and simply see humans. If this woman understood how important this slippery glove is,she "would" understand that there are trash men to haul the trash away every week, and not ruin the surrounding that is shared by everyone around her. Send a message then see if she understood....... You kept a tight lip though and went about your mental surfing of the world wide. I would have done the same depending on my mood. Hmmmm, what I would do is find out her address and send a nice message, type the message in English then go to babelfish.com and translate to creole and print. (smiling gently) You type the way you speak, "Whoa girl." We are all teachers and you are always teaching. I bet you will see this soul again......... Very interesting story, and well written. There always seem to be a race issue, but I tend to ignore that and simply see humans. If this woman understood how important this slippery glove is,she “would” understand that there are trash men to haul the trash away every week, and not ruin the surrounding that is shared by everyone around her. Send a message then see if she understood…….

You kept a tight lip though and went about your mental surfing of the world wide. I would have done the same depending on my mood.

Hmmmm, what I would do is find out her address and send a nice message, type the message in English then go to babelfish.com and translate to creole and print.

(smiling gently) You type the way you speak, “Whoa girl.” We are all teachers and you are always teaching. I bet you will see this soul again………

]]> By: David http://www.patriciawild.net/2009/02/february-10-2008-a-teachable-moment/comment-page-1/#comment-17 David Fri, 27 Feb 2009 17:01:16 +0000 http://www.patriciawild.net/?p=37#comment-17 This is such a great story about the process of learning what is going on inside oneself by letting that voice (several voices in your case) have its say. There's more that I wish I could learn here -- the experience of that possibly-Haitian woman. What was she trying to yell? What was the meaning to her of her throwing her trash into the street (just a natural thing to do? something vaguely wrong and embarrassing, but convenient?)? What's her history, anyway (does she have children in Haiti she's supporting? how does she view her life? what are the prospects for change in her life?)? Learning any of that, of course, would be a big, BIG job, but would be immensely interesting and would put the entire incident in a different light. Maybe in the book after this one, you could figure out everything that was happening. This is such a great story about the process of learning what is going on inside oneself by letting that voice (several voices in your case) have its say. There’s more that I wish I could learn here — the experience of that possibly-Haitian woman. What was she trying to yell? What was the meaning to her of her throwing her trash into the street (just a natural thing to do? something vaguely wrong and embarrassing, but convenient?)? What’s her history, anyway (does she have children in Haiti she’s supporting? how does she view her life? what are the prospects for change in her life?)? Learning any of that, of course, would be a big, BIG job, but would be immensely interesting and would put the entire incident in a different light. Maybe in the book after this one, you could figure out everything that was happening.

]]> By: Lynne http://www.patriciawild.net/2009/02/february-10-2008-a-teachable-moment/comment-page-1/#comment-15 Lynne Mon, 16 Feb 2009 15:28:50 +0000 http://www.patriciawild.net/?p=37#comment-15 I very much enjoyed the Teachable Moments entry. I like that you seem to have taken the Somerville Journal "time" and turned it into the more overtly Quaker blog. I very much enjoyed the Teachable Moments entry. I like that you seem to have taken the Somerville Journal “time” and turned it into the more overtly Quaker blog.

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