Sherrie R. Cronin's Blog, page 30

Our brand is crisis?

There is nothing like coming back from vacation to help you see life through new eyes, particularly if you’ve been lucky enough to spend a chunk of time somewhere that is quite different from the world you inhabit on a daily basis. If you have such good fortune, you will likely be asking questions like these: Why do we move so fast? How come we are always going somewhere? Why do we get so antsy when we lose our almost constant input from numerous electronic sources? Okay, may I should just speak for myself when it comes to the antsy part, but you get the point…

Read the rest of the post, and my review of the movie “Our Brand I Crisis” on my z2 blog at Our brand is crisis?

Filed under: reviews, z2: favorite posts Tagged: change, gratitude, intolerance, movie reviews, people who bring you down, perspective, politics, quiet, travel, worrying

And That’s Why They Play the Game

We’ve been on the road nearly two weeks now and in a macro sense the vacation has gone as planned.  You know, we’ve shown up where we were supposed to be, when we were supposed to be there. No glitches. But that’s sort of like the Red Sox showing up to play their games, isn’t it? Yes, being there is essential, but it is the other stuff that makes it interesting.

Read the entire on my d4 blog at And That’s Why They Play the Game.

Filed under: d4: favorite posts, d4: seeing the future Tagged: future, games, precognition, predictions, probability, psychic powers, seeing the future, travel

The moon rises

I grill fish over a real wood fire (no charcoal briquets) to eat with bread our hosts baked this morning and with wine made at the vineyard down the road. My husband, who prefers the local beer, makes a salad fashioned from what we bought from a produce stand.  As we prepare our meal, the moon rises.

Ah, the moon. It shines down on the two of us and on every other person I cherish on this planet and on the other seven billion or so that I don’t know well, don’t particularly care for or have yet to meet.

Read the rest of this post on my c3 blog at The moon rises.

Filed under: c3: favorite posts Tagged: adventure, connected, dancing, feminine, inspiration, joy, light, nature, photography, poetry, tourists, travel, unexpected, yin

The fairest of them all?

On the whole, all people prefer to live in a society which is fair, or at least in one that they think is fair. Yes, the difference between the perceptions of the privileged and the reality of the situation is another whole problem, and another blog post. So is having the courage to try to change an unfair system. But in spite of the fact that most people in both groups will tolerate inequities, at least up to a point, the fact is that most folks would rather not have them. Interesting, huh?

Read the entire post on my y1 blog at The fairest of them all?

Filed under: y1: favorite posts, y1: joy Tagged: equality, fairness, happiest places, honor, joy, unexpected, working together

Do less harm

Is a course of action better if it results in less harm? Most people would say yes, at least until they are confronted with the reality of the choices made by those who struggle to improve the world without making it perfectly right.

What am I talking about here? Well, drug addiction and educating women in Afghanistan and preventing pedophiles from molesting children and female genital mutilation and pretty much everything else I’d rather not discuss or think about. It turns out that there is a lot of icky stuff in the world, and it’s hard to make it any of it go away.

Read the rest of this post on my x0 blog at Do Less Harm.

Filed under: x0: favorite posts Tagged: acceptance, be better, compassion, empathy, improvement, just listen, open mind, perspective, reform, sexuality, tolerance, travel, wisdom, women, women's rights, working together, world

On the Road

What is your dream vacation? I’m headed out the door on mine, and it is surprising how few of these I have taken. I’m talking about going somewhere I’ve never been; somewhere far enough off well-traveled roads that no one I know has ever been there. Except for my travel companion, I won’t know a soul.

Read the entire post on my z2 blog at On the Road.

Filed under: z2: favorite posts Tagged: adventure, disconnected, do what you love, free, free time, heroes, learning, letting go, physics, strangers, tourists, travel, unexpected, world

Bulletproof

Why so much love for this song? It’s always hard to say why you like something. I’m a “words” person when it comes to music, and the lyrics are just so clever. You’ve met this guy. You know this lady. You’ve seen the dynamics. But it’s more than that. The very concept of being bulletproof appeals to something deep within. It doesn’t just mean being immune to his manipulations. It also means not being afraid of icy ski slopes or catty store clerks or traveling alone. The lyrics speak to me about being stronger; for the next presentation at work, for the next nasty book review, for the next thing that strikes fear into me whatever it is.

Read the entire post on my d4 blog at Bulletproof.

Filed under: d4: favorite posts, excerpts, music Tagged: best music, courage, excerpts, heroes, meditation, music, music videos, purpose, songs in your head, yoga

Some Kind of Kindness

Scenario one: you are in perfect health and in a loving relationship. You are not rich but your material needs are met. You live in a society that allows you to be yourself. However, people treat each other poorly. Kindness is rare and hardly anyone will ever lend a helping hand, no matter what the need. Are you happy there?

Read the entire post on my y1 blog at Some Kind of Kindness.

Filed under: y1: favorite posts, y1: joy Tagged: better, compassion, happiest places, happiness, kindness, novel, strangers, wealth, working together, writers

One Great Idea From the Misogynist Wing of the Alt Right

Like almost everything you can imagine, and a whole lot of things you can’t, it exists on the internet. The same wonderful, amazing tool that fuels my stories by letting me see locations I’ll never visit and open doors into the minds of others I will never meet, also allows me to find voices that repulse and frighten me. In fact, it allows me to find them easily.

Read the entire post on my c3 blog at One Great Idea From the Misogynist Wing of the Alt Right

Filed under: c3: favorite posts Tagged: comebacks, crazy, creepy, equality, hate, hate groups, internet, intolerance, obnoxious men, one-liners, people who bring you down, politics, sex, sexism, sexuality, tourists, travel, unwanted attention, women, women's rights

Good people doing what?

“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing” has got to be the best quote that no one actually ever said. That aside, most of us are looking at ourselves in the mirror these days and thinking that we are good people who are wondering what it is that we are supposed to be doing.

Read the entire post on my z2 blog at Good people doing what?

Filed under: z2: favorite posts Tagged: anger, be better, better, compassion, courage, empathy, enemies talking, fairness, hate, hate groups, immigration, intolerance, obnoxious men, people who bring you down, politics, Teaching Tolerance, tolerance, violence, worrying