The Monitor is a peculiar little publication that’s hard for the world to figure out. And I’m going to argue that we change lives precisely because we force open that too-small box that most human beings think they live in. We’re the bran muffin of journalism.īut you know what? We change lives.
We’re seen as being global, fair, insightful, and perhaps a bit too earnest. If you were to come up with a punchline to a joke about the Monitor, that would probably be it. Sometimes, we call things ‘boring’ simply because they lie outside the box we are currently in.” My work in Kenya, for example, was heavily influenced by a Christian Science Monitor article I had forced myself to read 10 years earlier. “Many things that end up” being meaningful, writes social scientist Joseph Grenny, “have come from conference workshops, articles, or online videos that began as a chore and ended with an insight. They’re defined in the heart.Ībout a year ago, I happened upon this statement about the Monitor in the Harvard Business Review – under the charming heading of “do things that don’t interest you”: He shows that whatever American Kennel Club rules say, dog breeds aren’t defined by looks. In the business, they call that a “foster fail.” Chester and Lucy were foster fails, too.So happy Beagle Day to all, and especially to Henry. “Why he’s part of your family now!” she said.We kept him obviously. My wife and I tossed and turned all night. Then Henry would crawl onto the sofa at the end of the day and lay his head in somebody’s lap.Finally, somebody indicated interest. He would wait until Chester and Lucy had all the people time they wanted. And boy can he howl.What he was, was sweet. He was big but had no interest in chasing balls. something else.Labrador people were hesitant too. Potential beagle adopters were envisioning. He looked like a Labrador in a beagle suit. They came to see him and he wasn’t little and merry. That’s the way it’s supposed to work.It didn’t with Henry.
They come, and then they get adopted by somebody else. Longtime readers know my wife works with a rescue group, and we foster a lot of beagles. Big Henry has joined legacy dogs Lucy and Chester to round out our beagle pack.Actually, we’ve had Henry for a while. For all those who celebrate, tomorrow, April 22, is not only Earth Day but also National Beagle Day.And in my household, we will celebrate.
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