There are different kinds of noticing. My favorite is worth sharing, I hope, because it is useful and smart and also really cool. Aid workers were sent to a West African Village where childhood malnutrition was a recognized problem. Rather than buying formula from Nestle, they began their work by looking carefully. As it turned out, meals were generally served communally. Women began by creating nutrient-rich, one-pot stews, and family members typically lined up with bowls in hand, men first, then working women and teens, then the elderly, then children. With a deep dip into the communal pot, those first in line were served hearty portions of beans, vegetables and meat, but by the time the babies were fed, all that was left in the pot was froth, the foam that had bubbled to the top of the stew. A happy answer developed: stir the pot before each person was served.
So true and real. Wendy Saul has a special introspective perspective on the world - as she always did. Thank you for this thought-provoking piece - from the insight out. Would love more of her voice.
Wonderful wisdom here. Thank you! And always stirring the pot seems like a very good all-purpose rule to carry around--applicable to any situation.
So true and real. Wendy Saul has a special introspective perspective on the world - as she always did. Thank you for this thought-provoking piece - from the insight out. Would love more of her voice.
J Lukin