There’s a lot of conversations I see that go something like this: “Oh, that gives me hope for the future.” ~or~ “I feel so much despair, or pain or (insert word of choice here) about what’s happening on this planet, or what awaits us.” In the background of these conversations is a concern about the…
“If we can really understand the problem, the answer will come out of it, because the answer is not separate from the problem.” ~ Jiddu Krishnamurti With the events of the Boston Marathon bombings, I’ve begun to share a little more openly that I question authority and am open-minded. It’s spurred some hot debate. Predictably,…
“All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.”~Arthur Schopenhauer I have some things to say, and they likely will not be popular. It’s okay, though, like Abraham says, “There is never a crowd on the leading edge of consciousness.” When people…
There’s a Native American story that in some tribes, to know how the tribe was faring, its members would ask: “How are the children?” I’ve been in public education in varying capacities for over ten years now. I’ve had my hands on the pulse of America’s youth. I can tell you, it’s not working. We…
There is a huge women’s movement happening right now. We are not in the streets holding picket signs. We are not being filmed burning our bras. Our mothers and sisters and aunts and grandmothers already did that. The ground-work has been laid. The fire, ignited. We women, we aren’t talking about what we want. Not…
Name: Rachel Ellen Haynes (I am named Ellen after my mother and my maternal grandmother. I changed my middle name to Claire as an adult as a ritual to stop the way of relating I saw passed down through my maternal lineage and to claim my clarity. That is why I now go by Rachel…