May Your First Word Be Adventure And

Social Media Is Fine, But We Need To Put The Phones Down And Look Somebody In The Eye. Talk To Your Neighbor. Talk To Your Community. Especially Talk To The One You Love. It's All About Connection. It's Hard, But It's Ultimately What Gives Us Meaning In The World.

We No Longer Just Take Religious Identity From Our Parents, So What's Going On? Why Are People Going To This Series, Why Are People Reading So Many Books About Religion? It's Because They Want Answers. The Answers Are No Longer Just Passed Down From Generation To Generation. It's Harder For People. In Effect, You Have To Roll Up Your Sleeve And Ask The Questions. But If You Do It, If You Forge Your Own Identity, It Can Be Much More Personal And Much More Meaningful To You.

I'd Say My Best Memory Was Climbing Mt. Fuji, And The Worst Memory Was... Trying To Fit My Feet Into The Free Giveaway Slippers At Japanese Schools.

I Grew Up As A Fifth-generation Jew In The American South, At The Confluence Of Two Great Storytelling Traditions. After Graduating From Yale In The 1980s, I Moved To Japan. For Young Adventure Seekers Like Myself, The White-hot Japanese Miracle Held A Similar Appeal As Russia In 1920s Or Paris In The 1950s.

If You Tell Your Own Story To Your Children - That Includes Your Positive Moments And Your Negative Moments, And How You Overcame Them - You Give Your Children The Skills And The Confidence They Need To Feel Like They Can Overcome Some Hardship That They've Felt.