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Suffering
It may be true,as my father liked to say,that suffering builds character.I'm willing to acknowledgethat suffering can (and has)built something along the linesof patience, empathy and stamina,but I do believe sufferingcan destroy character as well,bringing despair, anger, hurt, confusion,… Continue reading
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Go Gracefully
Go gracefullylike the heron risingfrom the mirrorof its cypress-rimmed pond,with two languid flapsof its wide, white wings–once, twice, away–toes briefly trailing parallel linesin the breathless, calm waterwhere early bronze sunlightripples, spreads and returns to stillness. Text and image © 2011… Continue reading
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Noisy World
We live in a noisy world, a world that keeps us from knowing ourselves, knowing each other and knowing God. A world whose uproar erects a barrier to solitude and intimacy, to authentic connection. Such it has always been. Why do… Continue reading