I posted a recipe for persimmon pudding and someone misread it for permission pudding! An idea which everyone seems to be ga ga about. A big heaping bowl of yummy permission.

Q: Why are we all waiting for permission?

A: Permission comes from: per- "through" + mittere "let go, send." And letting go? Is sooooo hard.

What are we letting go of? For one thing, the idea that someone else needs to give us permission!

In fact when we want permission, whatever it is we want permission for, it is to change. Permits are given to marry, build, drive, travel. Change always requires a letting go of the old. Thus permission.

It's like we're in school waiting for the bathroom pass.