There is no evil like hatred. And no fortitude like patience. –Santideva, “Bodhicaryavatara” I work hard at keeping the “hate” word out of my language. It slips on occasion when the discussion turns to Brussel Sprouts, but it really has no place in our vocabulary, especially when we are talking about other human beings.…
Experience
To know the road ahead, ask those coming back. — Chinese Proverb Lent and Easter Day are over for another year and during this Easter season we find ourselves wondering what do to do with all these good habits and knowledge we have obtained. How do we continue to grow in our faith? The Chinese…
Females
“As we plunge ahead to build empires and race for supremacy we should stop and listen to [the female] song of life. For without the female there is no life.” — American Indian Saying How true my brothers. Women were created by God with the ability to produce life. If God was so made at…
Light Shines Brightest
Luis suggests we strive in our faith for “where the light shines brightest.” The problem for most of us is the light vacillates from bright to dark, from full to dim, much like the phases of the moon. True the moon/our faith is rarely full and totally bright, but it does have many phases, and…
Awareness
Cleaning out my Lenten files I ran across the following note I made about practicing awareness: Several times a day ask yourself: Am I aware? What am I aware of? How am I relating to it? How is my body being impacted?