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Recently and frequently, I have seen young parents screaming at children and watched the children cower in response.
I wonder what it will take for us to understand that the human being takes in everything it hears and experiences?
For about the past year, it has been obvious to me that there really isn’t very much, if anything, that needs to be said in the world.
If I am not in good enough shape to let you know I love you, of what use is whatever I might say going to be?
The process of surgery and recovery from it creates a unique opportunity for introspection and growth. It is probably the same phenomenon that causes us to say some of the following.
“Why does it always take the death of a friend for us to realize that life is precious?”
“Why can’t people act like this all the time, not just when there is a national disaster?”
“Why is it that we don’t really appreciate something like water or heat until they are no longer available?”
The answer in every case is that we are primarily unconscious in our passage through life. Continue Reading →
