March 16, 2017- Belonging
Belonging "Come, come, whoever you are. Wanderer, worshiper, lover of leaving. It doesn't matter. Ours is not a caravan of despair. Come even if you have broken your vows a thousand times. Come, yet again, come, come!" attributed to Rumi (1207-1273) Sifi mystic and...
March 8, 2017- Adulation
Adulation "I'm Nobody! Who are you? Are you - Nobody - too?..." --Emily Dickinson Our country has developed and perhaps even perfected the cult of celebrity. The rich and the famous have a powerful influence on almost every aspect of our culture, whether or not...
March 1, 2017- A Book Review
A Book Review Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America by Michael Eric Dyson St. Martin's Press, New York: 2017 The strongest characteristic of this work for me is that it is written by a knowledgeable and kind black person specifically to the white people...
February 22, 2017- Sincerely Ignorant
Sincere Ignorance "Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity." --Martin Luther King, Jr. It's a deadly mix: ignorance and stupidity. Horrible things result. The civil rights leader knew personally what he was talking...
February 14, 2017- Love
Love "For finally, we are as we love. It is love that measures our stature. There is no smaller package in the world than that of a person all wrapped up in himself." --William Sloane Coffin (1924-2006) Christian clergy, peace activist...
February 8, 2017- A Call to “Now”
(The following is an excerpt from Kundtz's book, Awakened Mind: One-Minute Wake Up Calls) "You are in a beautiful city and you are safe."...
January 25, 2017- Fine Writing
Fine Writing "We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospect." Anaïs Nin (1903-1977) French-born, Cuban parents,...
January 18, 2017- Do You Meditate?
"Lounge under a tree...." Mary Oliver (1935 - ) American poet I am a believer in...
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January 11, 2017- Privilege
Privilege "When you are accustomed to privilege, equality feels like oppression." ...
January 4, 2017- Reason/Feelings
Reason/Feelings "It is useless to attempt to reason a person out of a thing (s)he was never reasoned into." Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) Irish satirist, poet,...
December 21, 2016 – All Year Long
All Year Long "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the Year." Ebenezer Scrooge in Charles Dickens', A Christmas Carol Here's wishing you a great deal of enjoyment this...
December 28, 2016 – Fear/Hate
Fear/Hate "Hate is the consequence of fear; we fear something before we hate it; a child who fears noises becomes a man who hates noise."...
December 14, 2016 – Brokenness
Brokenness "There is no perfection... only beautiful versions of brokenness." Shannon L. Adler, relationship author, quote writer Our culture...
December 7, 2016 – Baser Instincts/Better Angels
"Baser Instincts" or "Better Angels" ? "We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory will swell when again touched, as surely they will be, by the...
November 30, 2016 – Disappointed
Disappointed? "There can be no deep disappointment where there is not deep love... We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope. Martin Luther King, Jr.(1929-1968) American Baptist minister, civil rights leader The feeling of disappointment...
November 23, 2016 – “You Share”
"You share" "If you are really thankful, what do you do? You share." Clement Stone (1902-2002) American writer I really like this way of thinking about Thanksgiving. A...
November 16, 2016 – That Time of Year
That Time of Year "Sharing the holidays with other people, and feeling that you're giving of yourself, gets you past all the commercialism." Caroline Kennedy (1957- )...
November 9, 2016 – Self-Care Plan
Self Care Plan "Love yourself first, and everything else falls in line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world."...
November 2, 2016 – Dia de Los Muertos
Día de Los Muertos "The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins?" Edgar Allan Poe, (1809-1849) American writer Who indeed "The Day of the Dead" (or All Souls Day,...