Alphabet soup for the soul vol.2 – “N”

Words from Walden

N is for Neuroplasticity

“Neuroplasticity research showed that the brain changes its very structure with each different activity it performs, perfecting its circuits so it is better suited to the task at hand.” -Naveen Jain-

Simply put, Neuroplasticity is the way our brain changes.

The easiest way to explain this is an example of someone who never ran before and decide’s that they are going to run a marathon in 6 months.

Their brain is already molded a certain way from everything they have seen and experienced in their life up until the moment they decide to run a marathon.

On day one they may tie up a new pair of shoes and run for 5 or 10 minutes. A week later they could be up to 30 minutes and by the end of the first month, they can run for 45 minutes.

This daily process will slowly change their…

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Meet- Conhecer

Coisas da SIL

Quero te encontrar mesmo quando sei que não vai dar. Alimento um dia quem sabe talvez essa seja a minha sina. Não só o Brazil mais além devo ir. O legal que mesmo longe sei onde posso te encontrar. Tem muitos outros lugares pra viver e querer entender como tudo faz acontecer. Tem Paquistão onde já sinto sua mão. Tem a Espanha onde não me vejo estranha. Quanto ao Chile acho um nome muito chik. Tem a Venezuela e a Argentina já sinto sua brisa. Também penso na Holanda e na Alemanha quanta esperança. Realmente o mundo é gigante e existe um montante de lugares onde eu possa encontrar sobre algo pra conversar… Com carinho: Coisas da SiL

Meet- dreams- I belivie

Meet

I want to find you even when I know it won’t work. I’ll feed one day, who knows, maybe that’s my fate. Not only Brazil  I must…

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Parashat Bo, and when Come really means Go

Context, Thought, and Learning: ShiraDest Offers Project Do Better

     This week’s Torah portion, “Parashat Bo / פָּרָשַׁתבֹּא”  is the 15th sedra (portion) in the annual Jewish cycle, and the third portion in the book of Exodus/Shemot.   The entire Torah Portion is: Exodus 10:1-13:16

      This week, traditional congregations (and maybe a few Masorti/Conservative Movement folks) will read the entire portion, from ‘the last three plagues on Egypt to the first Passover’ or, in the words of Zorba, “The full catastrophe.”   

       I was invited, when I lived in Izmir, to eat the first Seder with a family who chose to treat me as a man, handing me the walking stick with the bundle tied over it, as we used to picture Hobos carrying their things, ready to ride the rails, hopping trains during the Great Depression.  That impressed me deeply, both being treated as a man, while the women of the family watched…

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Day 27/67, GED in 5 Months, more relationships, & Adulting Ed.

Context, Thought, and Learning: ShiraDest Offers Project Do Better

Understanding how to see how various shapes, quantities, people, or policies relate to each other is a crucial part of Adult citizenship responsibility,  and is thus part of any democracy as well.

The relationship between squares, rectangles, and triangles may be simpler than the relationship between slavery, racism, and Manifest Destiny, but understanding both sets of relationships is part of being an Adult in a democratic society.

week 7/18
Day 27 lesson plan
Grammar: commas in intro./direct address
How to find the height of a triangle
Perimeter and Area of Triangles
Day27ExitSlps

( Day 26 … Day 28)

Action Prompts:

  Share your  thoughts on why is it important to understand relationships between historical ideas, and current events,  do you think?  And write a book, story, blog post or tweet that uses those thoughts, and then, please tell us about it!   If you write a book, once it is published…

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This Speech Might Cause Leaders to Do More about Climate Change — FunWritings

Mia Mottley the Barbados Prime Minister is telling the other leaders about the people who are facing serious challenges in so many ways When Global Warming cause them to struggle more and wonder if they will ever see a brighter day It was good to see a leader who seemed to be speaking for the……

This Speech Might Cause Leaders to Do More about Climate Change — FunWritings

Learn, Listen, Try Again

From Behind the Pen

Crop astrophysicist exploring surface of moon while using tablet in university
Image Credit: RF._.studio

To learn you have to listen, to improve you have to try!

-Unknown

Do not allow mediocrity to define your destiny. Get up, focus, pay attention and then implement what you learned. Next, teach others, as long as it’s in decency and in order. It’s not complicated. If they don’t or won’t listen, you can’t say that you didn’t try, and neither can they. Move on because there is someone else who needs your guidance and encouragement.

Have a FANtabulous day my friends!

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Kamala Harris’s Words

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Our vice president’s words via Daily Kos:

January 6th reflects the dual nature of democracy—its fragility and its strength. You see, the strength of democracy is the rule of law. The strength of democracy is the principle that everyone should be treated equally, that elections should be free and fair, that corruption should be given no quarter. The strength of democracy is that it empowers the people. And the fragility of democracy is this: that if we are not vigilant, if we do not defend it, democracy simply will not stand; it will falter and fail.

The American spirit is being tested. The answer to whether we will meet that test resides where it always has resided in our country—with you, the people.

Here, in this very building, a decision will be made about whether we uphold the right to vote and ensure free and fair elections. Let’s be clear: 

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