Any Questions?
Where to start?
Is there a start?
Why I am writing?
Who is listening?
Did you ever hear of the improv game where you have a conversation in questions?
Can a question be as meaningful as an answer?
Who would have thought when I transferred my diary to a public form that I'd make real friends via the process?
Who'd have thought that my parents (tslabw) would become followers of the blog?
Does Rock and Roll have a negative agenda?
Why do some people like me like to write to music?
Why do kids today still like music from 30 or 40 - or more - years ago? Was it conceivable that a child of the seventies would be into music from the 30s?
What's more important content or form? Compare and contrast.
Do you believe there's a concept of rising high and then needing to maintain that high or something from it? What examples can you think of that relate to this idea? How about the receiving of the Torah? How about Shavuot?
How important is being kind? Not interrupting? Listening? Meeting a person where they're at? Being compassionate? Are these words easily defined? How do you define kindness, compassion, listening?
If you can't keep your own secret, is it fair to expect others to?
Is the music we like based on quality or sociological context?
Are what we call our opinions really rational or based on timing, place, etc?
Is it true that eating some foods are like lighting a match and others like lighting starting an oven up - in terms of how long they keep you satisfied?
If you tell someone something good about yourself is that bragging? Do you need to be ready for it to be perceived as bragging?
Do what extent can/do people change?
Can being broken make you whole?
posted by rabbi neil fleischmann @ 10:59 AM
4 Comments:
I'm listening.
And yes, your questions are as meaningful as some of the answers you get.
How important is being kind? It should be in-born, a natural trait that supercedes many others! Sometimes we have to learn to listen; other times we have to know when speaking is more important than listening.
Glad that your parents read your blog; they get to understand their son just that much more via his creative thinking and his interesting drashas!
Content and form are not either/or. You need both or you're wasting your time.
If you can't keep your own secret, is it fair to expect others to?
I never thought of it that way. Interesting.
Thanks Pearl, for listening, for being truly kind. I very much appreciate your comments here, as well as over the years. Once again, your words were truly kind.
Kishke, thanks. True. There needs to be a combination of content/form.
Miriam, glad that line struck you as new and something to think about. I wrote it as a question and it was a question that was/is alive for me.
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