painted rocks left on a tree stump in our courtyard
—
our science teacher
retiring after many years
has lovingly hand painted
180-ish unique and detailed rocks
one for each of the children in our early childhood program
all having to do with science, nature, kindness, joy
our children were absolutely thrilled
with this lovely legacy.
—
meraki is doing something with total love, and pure soul.
it is leaving a little piece of yourself in your creative work.
(greek origin)
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Meraki indeed! Glad to see you found the button this morning, Beth!
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thanks, me too!
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What a wonderful thing to do. A real labour of love.
Best wishes, Pete.
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it truly was
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That is such a beautiful idea 🥰
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What a beautiful, thoughtful gesture. She has taught the kids a wonderful lesson
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yes, to all of that
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😍😍😍
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What a strange offering. Since seeing your post this morning I’ve been trying to track down the word meraki. Wiktionary says that Greek took it from Ottoman Turkish, where it meant “desire, enthusiasm”:
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CE%BC%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%AC%CE%BA%CE%B9
I’ll let you know if I learn more.
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I loved her offering, it was a very personal connection between them –
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I asked someone in Greece about meraki. Here’s the answer I just got:
“To do something with ‘meraki’ is to do something with the heart and soul. ‘Essence of ourselves’ is probably giving it a slightly different meaning. For example: you take your photographs with meraki.”
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Beautiful
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Another new word I hope to add to my vocabulary.
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Great
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“Yellow and Blue” 💛💙
Yesterday I was a yellow pebble
Today I am a blue stone
Tomorrow I will be a green rock
Imagine, if all the world was green
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Wonderful
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That’s a fantastic present for the future representing a wonderful past, Beth.
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Yes!
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I love this kind gesture, Beth, and a new word for my dictionary, too. :)
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Yes to both –
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This is one of my favorite things to discover while out and about– painted rocks with a message. What a loving act of kindness by that science teacher.
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It really was –
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Wow, amazing
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I’ve no idea why my comment post as anonymous.
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🪅
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A wonderful idea!
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It was!
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Beautiful!
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❤️
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May meraki become a more common and fundamental human trait.
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I hope it does
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Delightful idea (and time-consuming for the creator).
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Yes, but she sounded like she loved it
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I wonder how many languages and cultures have a version of this word. I suspect we’d be better off if everyone had this word.
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I found many when looking into this and I agree
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What a lovely thing to do.
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absolutely
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Our cave dwelling ancestors should be proud that their rock painting pastime is still trending.
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They clearly were influencers ahead of their time
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It’s great to hear such sentimental acts of kindness and acknowledgement of others. So happy to see it! 🔆
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This is beautiful.
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It was so meaningful on both sidea
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Sides –
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How gorgeous.
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Absolutely
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My goodness! What a wonderful gift for the children. Your science teacher understands what is meaningful and also a learning tool for children. I love, love the word ‘meraki’.
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Yes,to all of that
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😀
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meraki- something to aspire to! or emulate?
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I love the word and its meaning – either works
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This is so cool.
Those are painted rocks today.
In the minds they have touched, they will be gems tomorrow.
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so well said
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Awww this is soo special! That is wonderful of the teacher to do for her students (-: soo creative and colourful
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❤️
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what a great expression!
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I loved it, too
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