Dec
07
I am a Pilgrim of Curiosity. Not to say I am not devoted. but if I were going to go on a pilgrimage, it would be to find, learn, feel or understand something, not to prove my devotion to something. What about you, are you a pilgrim of devotion or a pilgrim of curiosity or a pilgrim of something else all together?
By the way, it might be the perfect time to check out some Napkin Dad merchandise at Zazzle, just in time for Christmas!
Drawing and commentary by Marty Coleman, publisher of the Napkin Dad Daily
Quote by Abraham Cowley, 1618-1667, english poet.
Aug
19
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Day #4 of ‘Back to School’ week at The Napkin Dad Daily
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| Can you find the ‘mistake’ that made this drawing come to fruition? What do you think it is? |
Teachers, do you say no a lot? Parents, do you? Double check when and why you say it just to make sure you aren’t doing it simply to make your life easier instead of making your child safer.
The ‘no’ that is quick, that is angry, that is frustrated, that is fearful…that is the ‘no’ that stomps on creativity and curiosity.
Drawing and commentary by Marty Coleman of The Napkin Dad Daily
Quote by Albert Einstein, 1879-1955, German/Swiss Physicist.
Jul
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Day 4 of aging week! I missed yesterday, just a bit too busy between visiting my dad in the hospital and taking some time off. Sorry about that.
Having dealt with my elderly father all week, trying to get him up and moving after a hip break, I have seen once again how important motivation and enthusiasm is to recovery. In his case we are helping him remember his friends back at his assisted living home (his girlfriends at his dining table in particular)!
But enthusiasm is more than motivation. It is about interest, curiosity, feeling like you have something to reach for, something you want to know about. In my father’s case he has started to think he might want to live to 100. It’s a goal, it’s something to think about and imagine.
We are encouraging that by saying we are expecting another party (we have one every 10 years for his big birthdays) so we expect him to live to 100. He might not make it, we understand it, and he understands it. But we have hope, and we have enthusiasm and we impart that to him as best we can. That is the key, not just to have it in yourself, but to figure out ways to impart it to others.
Drawing by Marty Coleman, the Napkin Dad
