Recovery. Sobriety. Living Wise.
I’ve been searching for a story that might come to us as antidote to the selfishness and self-absorption that feels so widespread today. Then quite by accident I came upon this wonderful story told by Rabbi Paysach Krohn about an unforgettable speech given by a grateful father at a fundraising event at the school (for the disabled) run by the rabbi. It appears in his … Continue reading Perfection at the Plate
“Watch your character for your character is your destiny.” ~ Winston Churchill I think it’s safe to say many are concerned with the kind of legacy this generation might leave the next. So many environmental issues of grave importance are being left unattended, leaving the planet teetering on the brink. Since we can’t find common ground we’re left arguing over the definition of reality. Facts … Continue reading What Will Be Our Legacy?
“The wind blew — not up the road or down it, though that’s bad enough, but sheer across it, sending the rain slanting down like the lines they used to rule in the copybooks at school…“ ~ Charles Dickens Never in my lifetime have I felt the winds of history blowing as hard as they are now. I’ve never felt more powerless to effect change. … Continue reading How to Sleep When the Wind Blows
I heard it said long ago it’s not that the way is narrow, but narrowness is the way. For years I played by my own rules. That worked well for me until it didn’t and my life was consumed with dragging myself out of a ditch. It’s easy to forget in these days of aloneness there are lots of great lessons out there, available for … Continue reading Wisdom to Keep Us Out of the Ditch
“You peer into my life to find a lingering past, but I tell you it was sunken thousand fathoms deep and weighted down with my dead self. You look into my breast to find that old, old open wound, but I tell you I seared it with my hot tears and only the cicatrix is there. You look into my eyes to read that oft-told … Continue reading Pushing Through