tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3978755924032340123.post9169825730274163922..comments2023-05-22T04:11:53.699-05:00Comments on A Robe and a Bowl: The Minority OpinionShodhinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05435146941696118225noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3978755924032340123.post-66561471812382697992012-11-19T08:53:47.161-06:002012-11-19T08:53:47.161-06:00And yet, there is something unspeakably appealing ...And yet, there is something unspeakably appealing about being in the presence of someone who totally gets that there is an "it" there to get. <br /><br />Sure, you aren't bringing them all the way there in a 3 credit course. You know all too well that they can't get there that way anyway. Trust me, though, you have a profound influence just by being yourself and being as fully present with them as possible. And I suspect that means (to borrow and rearrange your words) putting the ego in park, shutting off the engine and being fully present with their filters and their unconvinced minds. <br /><br />Seriously, some 18 years after I first sat in one of your classes, my mind returns over and over again to an email you sent me when I was freaking out about some paper. The entire content of the message you sent was: "Breathe. Smile. It'll be OK." At the time that made me so crazy. And yet... it was also the first time my mind entertained the possibility of that type of response. <br /><br />I'm still turning that little pebble around in my shoe all these years later. I think I'm closer to getting "it" than I ever have been before. I'm still not there. I don't know if I ever will be. But I know that an important first step on that journey happened in a classroom with you when I started learning all that I had not even know existed up until that point. <br /><br />Excellent blog. Miahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15310118105387745924noreply@blogger.com