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Patience allows us to live more harmoniously
Patience allows us to live more harmoniously
When All the Leaves Are Gone
“In November, the trees are standing all sticks and bones. Without their leaves, how lovely they are, spreading their arms like dancers. They know it is time to be still.” ― Cynthia Rylant
Poetry to Lift Your Spirits
A month's worth of poems celebrating an upwelling of life and spirit.
The Morally Unacceptable and Useless Death Penalty
In "America and Its Fellow Executioners," the Editorial Board of The New York Times states that the death penalty must be seen for what it is: "morally unacceptable, inhuman, barbaric, unjust and us…
The Patience to Bear Sorrow
In these times, resilience is enjoying a great deal of support from scholars of psychology as a personal quality that enables people to bounce back from trauma and loss. But in an essay on aeon.co, …
The Lightbulb of Kindness
By Camille Rutter
So much darkness
Is passed through the world
Through the lack
Of kindness.
Many Ways to Take
Phrases that have become so common that they are considered clichés have gotten a bad rap. I can't help but marvel at the creativity and variety of expressions that probably started out as out-of-t…
John Berger, R.I.P.
John Berger, a world-famous polymath — critic, artist, screenwriter, novelist, poet, dramatist, artist, commentator, and storyteller — died January 2, 2017, in the Paris suburb of Antony at the …
Imagination is Never a Sin
By Po-Ting (Duke) Lin
My great-grandmother used to tell me, “Imagination is the true eyes of one’s mindset.” She often claimed, in a matter-of-fact tone, that this was the sole rule she fo…
A Prayer for Ending Police Racism and Violence
News: An article by Kate Stringer in YesMagazine.org spells out a crisis:
"After being pulled over for a busted taillight on July 6, Philando Castile informed a Minnesota police officer at his wi…