Planning banquets themselves a rite of passage
NYTimes: All Grown Up and In Charge of the Seder
http://nyti.ms/1NoJz6c
Amidst the Pandemic
I think having the opportunity to take Smells and Bells and then experiencing a worldwide pandemic came with good timing. Oftentimes, we’re so rushed to get from one one place to another that we miss out on what happens around us. We’re so accustomed to the lifestyle of being busy that it has become the norm for many of us. However, the pandemic has forced us to slow down. We’re now appreciating everything that we had previously taken for granted and noticing things in our surroundings that we have never noticed before. Take this quarantining/social distancing as an opportunity to be more aware of what you experience through the senses. I don’t think my senses have necessarily heightened over the past 5 weeks, but I am actively making the choice to pay more attention to what I see, hear, touch, taste, and smell. I like going on nature/mindfulness walks and basking in the sunshine out in my backyard. This morning, I could hear a faint noise from the wind, hear the birds chirping, f
Ariella's latest and very timely post get read it to start thinking about our banquet - reminded me of this piece that just appeared in last Sunday's NY times. Planning the kind of things others - parents, grandparents, "grown-ups" have done for us in the past is itself a kind of right of passage into adulthood.
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