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Am I a Grasshopper?

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By Richard Chess Verified
| Substack
Recently, I stood up in the middle of a meeting, said this committee is fucked, picked up my notebook and papers, and said “I’m out of here.” I don’t think I’ve ever acted like this before. A few members of the committee pleaded with me to stay. I sat down and, for the rest of the meeting, listened with as much patience and open-mindedness as I could. I also sat in shame. * Before chanting one of the central prayers of Judaism, the Shema, Jews read the ahava rabah prayer.
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Am I a Grasshopper?

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By Richard Chess Verified
| SlantCast
Recently, I stood up in the middle of a meeting, said this committee is fucked, picked up my notebook and papers, and said “I’m out of here.” I don’t think I’ve ever acted like this before. A few members of the committee pleaded with me to stay. I sat down and, for the rest of the meeting, listened with as much patience and open-mindedness as I could. I also sat in shame. * Before chanting one of the central prayers of Judaism, the Shema, Jews read the ahava rabah prayer.
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How to Live with This

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By Richard Chess Verified
| Substack
Might pausing before “a withering leaf” or the “glow of ripening fruit” save us from subsiding into routine? I was in physical pain, confined mostly to the couch and bed. I knew what hurt: my lower back, my left hip. I didn’t know what caused the pain. The acute pain was preceded by some noticeable discomfort that, over the previous few weeks, had traveled from my right side along the rib cage, across my shoulders, and eventually down to the lower left side of my back.
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