Beauty was not simply something to behold

Forgive, O Lord, my little jokes on TheeAnd I'll forgive Thy great big one on me.

That's what it means to die, to not be able to stop looking at whatever's in front of you. Some darn thing placed directly there, with nothing you can do about it...

Be gentle with othersFor many hurt though you see it notSome wounds are invisible yet deepKhoiSan Book of Wisdom

Liberal: a power worshipper without power.

Those who cannot forgive others break the bridge over which they themselves must pass.

Fulfillment has nothing to do with circumstances.

Soon we will be strangers. No, we can never be that. Hurting someone is an act of reluctant intimacy. We will be dangerous acquaintances with a history.

Compassionate action emerges from the sense of openness, connectedness, and discernment you have created.

The Trump election brought it the fore and made it possible for a number of different groups whose aim is to stop the teaching of critical thinking to to launch direct attacks.

Man is the best mirror, and the purer the man, the more clearly he can reflect God.