First 30 days...

Joseph told me about a short presentation given by Matt Cutts on Ted Talks website about trying something new for 30 days.  See the clip here: Try something new for 30 days..  Joseph and I thought we ought to give it a shot so here goes nothing.  Tonight is our prep night.  Joseph and I have been brainstorming, writing lists, researching, and planning what we want to do for our 30 day projects.  We have two first 30 day projects:  First we're going to exercise every day and second we're going to write.  Joseph is going to write 30 Masonic educaitonals.  I am going to write 30 essays on specific words or concepts. 

Jill's topics in no particular order:

• Rhetoric.
• Liberty.
• Physical reaction of feeling love and hate.
• Equality.
• Failure.
• Marriage.
• Poetry.
• Humor.
• Justice.
• Journalism.
• Fame.
• Language.
• Ambition.
• Beauty.
• Food.
• Government.
• Insanity.
• Pain.
• Revenge.
• Technology.
• Thanksgiving.
•  Patriotism.
• Principle.
• Society.
• Sorrow.
• Home.
• Gossip.
• Invention.
• Luck.
• Punishment.
• Knowledge vs. Wisdom.
• Grief.

Joseph's topics:

• Acting on the Square: Geometry and symbolism in lodge perambulations and ritual.
• Defining Sacred Space: Working extraordinary initiations.
• Rite of Passage: Initiatic rites in the modern age.
• Music as a Spiritual Aid: Modes and the psyche.
• Music as a Spiritual Aid: Masonic composers.
• To Keep a Secret: The need for mystery.
• The Greatest is Charity: Losing yourself in service.
• The Pillar of Beauty: The exalting principle of aesthetics.
• The Power of the Word: Grammar.
• The Power of Speech: Rhetoric.
• The Power of Thought: Logic.
• The Power of Sums: Arithmetic.
• The Power of Design: Geometry.
• The Power of Emotion: Music.
• The Power of the Heavens: Astronomy.
• Magic Numbers: The sacred paths in 3, 5, and 7.
• Death and Perception: The chamber of reflection.
• Spiritual Alchemy: The purifying of Man.
• What E'er Thou Art, Act Well Thy Part: Perfection in our own spheres.
• Corn, Wine, and Oil: Earning our wages.
• Gammadion: The historic use of the square.
• Limits and Boundaries: Squaring the circle.
• A White Lambskin: The Masonic apron.
• Fiat Lux: Light - the purest symbol.
• In The Beginning Was The Word: The power of written thought.
• Upon the Altar: The center of the Lodge.
• The Length of My Cable-Tow: Dedication and priorities.
• The Blessing in Betrayal: Exposés and the Morgan Affair.
• Sublime Ratios: The 47th problem of Euclid.
• The Four Corners of the Earth: The lodge room as a model of the ancient world view.

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