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Thursday

Idioms Thursday!

Wow touchy screen - it published before I typed anything!

I guess you can call that an "itchy trigger finger?"

(idiomatic) a tendency to act in haste or without consideration
Given any remote chance to gun down an effective spokesman for conservative economics as a secret fascist and torturer, even Nobel laureates can, we see, succumb to an itchy trigger finger.

The sign I prefer for this is in itself idiomatic - I don't know I have ever seen it on line. Forefingersclose to the face (like in "famous")then circling in alternating movements to palm in as the hands move away from the face. I'll try and get a video up when I sort out my website problems.

Anyway,I might also translate it as "without thinking".

If you find a video of the sign on line, let me know.
Thanks!

Tuesday

Links Tuesday!

Today I would like to highlight "Ear of my Heart". The host of this site is LaRonda Zupp from Northern California.

Let me let her tell you:

The title of my blog comes from the opening verse of St. Benedict’s prologue, which tells us to ‘listen carefully and attend with the ear of our hearts.’ St. Benedict was a saint who urged us to listen within the depths of our soul, keeping ourselves attentive to wisdom that comes from the voice within, and inclining our hearts toward deeper understanding.


My blog title is not about “ears” or “hearing” or being able to “hear clearly,” the way hearing people can hear sound. It is about listening with PURE LOVING ATTENTION to what people are really communicating. This is what it means to me to listen and blog with ‘the ear of my heart.’


I hope you stop by. She has a lot worth listening to.