“The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or touched … but are felt in the heart.” Helen Keller There is an ancient Chinese art of painting on porcelain. It requires, more than skill and precision, a deep trust and patience in the process. It...
Pursue the obstacle. It will set you free. When I came upon the mountain, I was in a hurry. I thought it would take too long to make my way around, so I set out to break a path through. Each rock and branch felt like a waste of time. If only the mountain weren’t...
“Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” Howard Thurman I remember when in college, many of us were herded into teaching because there seemed a need in the job force....
“At heart, hospitality is a helping across a threshold.” Ivan Illich In Dante’s Divine Comedy, Virgil lovingly guides Dante through the hell of denial and the purgatory of illusion, up to a passage of fire that Dante must cross alone, beyond which he becomes...
“Yours is to live it, not to reveal it.” Helen Luke Helen Luke was a very wise woman, deeply grounded in the life of the spirit. I knew Helen during the last two years of her life. During that time she was a mentor to me. These words are from our last conversation....
