Savor the World Essays
Essays by Lisa Bennett on how good people rise to great challenges in tough times.
Savor the World explores how we can stay clear, present, and able to act amid rapid change, uncertainty, and repeated setbacks. These pieces examine the stories that shape what we believe is possible, the capacities that help us meet pressure, and the role of wonder and savoring in sustaining engagement with the people, places, and purposes we care about.
With Grace and Gusto
One of the joys of researching how good people rise to great challenges is discovering just how many ways there are to do it—and how many inspiring examples there are of people who have done it, across professions and periods of time.
Consider the late, great food writer M. F. K. Fisher.
I recently picked up the 50th anniversary edition of her collected writings, The Art of Eating, in part to have a better answer to the question: Isn’t savoring just about food?
Side note: It isn’t.