“The best thing for being sad, replied Merlin, is to learn something.” T.H. White The idea here is not to divert the sadness, but to give it a context from life other than what is making you sad. Just as ginger can lose its bitterness when baked in bread, sadness can...
As a frightened man in a burning boat has only one way to the rest of his life, we must move with courage through the wall of flame, into the greater sea. Living long enough, we each find ourselves surrounded by an old way of being, thinking, or loving that is going...
“If you don’t know the kind of person I am and I don’t know the kind of person you are, a pattern that others made may prevail in the world and following the wrong god home, we may miss our star.” William Stafford Like that old saying, “Water fills a hole,” the ways...
There is always purpose in being, but not always a being in purpose. How easily we get caught up in defining who we are in relation to those around us. I remember walking home from school in fourth grade, when I noticed Roy, a classmate I didn’t really like, walking...
“Withstanding the tension between opposites until we know it is “enough” releases us from the swing between one extreme and the other.” Helen Luke Sometimes, when I think of my parents, who have hurt me, I am lulled by a wintering sky to feel for them, to try on their...
