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Trusting Life
Mantra
Always trust life.
— Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Jesuit priest and paleontologist
Shut Up, Legs
By Oscar Luckett for KidSpirit’s Heritage issue.
Maybe it was because I was only seven years old, but my patience level was near zero. When my dad finally came around the bend of that Montauk r…
To Be Me
By Satya Shaw for Kidspirit's Fear and Anxiety Issue.
I’m an 11-year-old boy growing up in Brooklyn, New York, and although my mom and dad have given me many ways to handle fear and anxiety, I…
My Unruly Bushy Eyebrows
Those who spend their time studying the body and human nature tell us that eyebrows are one of the most distinctive features of our appearance. No wonder so many women spend time plucking or pencili…
Our Life Purpose
Catholic Wisdom
Here, Now
God comes to visible expression
in each of us.
— Michael Moorwood in A Maryknoll Book of Inspiration
How Zen, Whitehead, and Jesus Ruined Me
I was told that the most important thing in life is to be rich, powerful, and famous. What happened?
Zen and Whitehead ruined me. Zen taught me to measure my life in terms of moments of expe…
Gloves, Trucks, and Camouflage: How Has Technology Altered the Way We View Ourselves?
By Olivia Bailey, for KidSpirit's The Speed of Now Issue
Media: today’s version of a synthetic reality that people are readily willing to accept as truth.
Face-to-face conversations are…
Feeling Fully Alive
Psychological Wisdom
Children are messengers from a world we once deeply knew, but have long since forgotten.
— Alice Miller in Full Esteem Ahead by Diane and Julia Loomans
Cultural Wisdom
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Comfort Clothes
Every fall and many winter days I go outside in my Western Stockman Outback Duster for another adventure in the wild city of Manhattan. I got the coat 20 years ago during a visit to Australia, havin…
Caught in the Middle
By Maya Mesh for KidSpirit's Heritage issue.
Some people say that being Hispanic can mean a lot of things. It can mean that you are an honor student, a writer, a CEO, even a Supreme Court justice…