“… human societies are infinitely… complex, full of choices and mistakes, periods of glory and seasons of utter despair. Some of us make highly visible, elaborate contributions to the whole. Some of us are part of the ticking mechanics of the world, the incremental wealth of small gestures. All of it matters. All of it... Continue Reading →
Grains, yours and mine
“On a summer morningI sat downon a hillsideto think about God– a worthy pastime.Near me, I sawa single cricket;it was moving the grains of the hillside this way and that way.How great was its energy,how humble its effort.Let us hope it will always be like this,each of us going onin our inexplicable waysbuilding the universe.”... Continue Reading →
The difficult assignment of being who you are
“Become what you already are.”~ St. Gregory of Sinai “To change radically means waking up to reality as it really is, not as we presume it is.”~ The Monks of New Skete, In the Spirit of Happiness No one tells the seed to change. No one would call him incomplete, lazy, disappointing. He just is.... Continue Reading →
PEACE and LOVE
Remember the old RICE method for taking care of soft tissue injuries? Rest, Ice, Compress, Elevate? Turns out that passive methodology of healing wasn't helping us to meet our full potential. Decades of research and advancements in the healing fields have brought us a new acronym to take care of ourselves after trauma and injury.... Continue Reading →
