How did the rose ever open its heart and give this world all of its beauty? It felt the encouragement of light against its being, otherwise we all remain too frightened. — Hafiz. “The encouragement of light” is one of those phrases that hits me, and causes me to pause and think. It makes me think…
Month: May 2018
Triviality Of The Issue
The triviality of the issue was inversely proportional to the rancor it can stir. — J. F. Riordan, Robert’s Rules. My friend and author Jan Riordan states a truism in her newest novel. How often have our disputes at home, work, or on the playing fields been over the trivial. And as an aside, our politics issues…
I Have Come Into This World To See This
I have come into this world to see this: the sword drop from men’s hands even at their arc of rage, because we have finally realized there is just one flesh we can wound. — Hafiz. Hafiz is a 14th century Sufi poet who is considered to one of history’s lyrical geniuses. Emerson once said of…
Declaring War In Their Mind
How is it they live for eons in such harmony–the billions of stars–when most men can barely go a minute without declaring war in their mind against someone they know? — St. Thomas Aquinas. I find that one of my struggles is to not become cynical or hardened. When we were young we took words and…
The Fear Of God
A god that could frighten is not a god — but an insidious idol and weapon in the hands of the insane. A god who talks of sin is worshipped by the infirm. — Meister Eckhart. Pretty harsh words from our gentle Dominican priest don’t you think, and during his day the only church we…