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Humility

 

“We can never judge the lives of others, because each person knows only their own pain and renunciation.
It’s one thing to feel that you are on the right path, but it’s another to think that yours is the only path.”
— Paulo Coelho

 

Priorities

A co-worker brought in an old movie from home that she’d thought I’d enjoy. For two weeks, it sat on my coffee table. While interested, it just wasn’t a priority for me. And as more days passed, I began to feel a sense of urgency to watch it – to ...

Dr. Kevorkian

Dr. Jack Kevorkian was released earlier this month, having spent eight years in jail at a cost in excess of four hundred thousand dollars for helping people who wanted to die to be able to do so with surety and dignity. I wonder if the agreement that was reached before ...

Gestures

My brother and I attended a Chicago Cubs baseball game a few weeks ago and part of the fun was watching the interaction between the players in the outfield and the fans sitting in the bleachers. Sometimes after the inning warm up, the left-fielder would throw a ball into the ...

Reminders

We transported my daughter's horse 1600 miles.  When we walked into the boarding stable, relaxing music was playing as well as messages on the tack board, stall assignment, feed schedule that spoke to sharing and being loving kindness. Does it take a reminder to be aware of the grace and ...

Who Has the Power?

As a society, we consistently speak as if we can teach, motivate, inspire, educate and empower other people. I wonder what it will take for us to understand that we can do none of these things? ...
Arrogance in Church





Churches have failed to produce a “world that works for everyone”
because they spend so much energy attempting to
demonstrate the correctness of their position.






What difference does the path make as long as the destination is the same?








Reality Check





There is an acid test for those who believe their “success”
has anything to do with their worth in the world.

(Success here meant to include and not limited to the following: money, position, power, looks, athletic prowess, achievements of any kind, knowledge or that you are self-made.)





You experience that you and every other person on this planet live in a world
where not one thing beyond this second is known for sure.