Robert Schrag
My blogs
| Gender | Male |
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| Occupation | Professor |
| Location | Raleigh, North Carolina, USA, United States |
| Introduction | We reach "calm" by different paths, but we recognize it when we see it. That is not surprising. We have known it all our lives. Our first calm came when we were babies. Babies come with an on-off switch. They are either squirming, laughing, crying; or they are asleep. Ever wonder why there are so many images of sleeping babies on social media? Perhaps because they capture that memory of our first calm. Then we grow away from calm. Just growing our body requires effort. My mother would come into my room at night and rub my knees until the pain went away. We now know that kids can grow inches a week, and it hurts! Growing into an adult life can also hurt, but it is also joyful. Despite some bruising of body and spirit, we spend our life meeting challenges, chasing dreams, reaching goals; missing others. When we realize that there is more life in the rearview mirror than out the windshield, our perspective changes. That meeting with the "boss" you used to coach in youth soccer seems less vital. You notice you are living different priorities than many of your colleagues. You realize you want to find calm. Writing helps me find it. Maybe sharing what I write will help you find it. |
| Interests | Art, Coloring books, media, technology |