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“The heart’s affections are divided like the branches of the cedar tree; if the tree loses one strong branch; it will suffer but it does not die; it will pour all its vitality into the next branch so that it will grow and fill the empty place.” — Khalil Gibran It appears war might claim another limb on our tree as it has so many times … Continue reading Ode to a Cedar (with Otissus)
It’s impossible to describe the enormity of the change that has been set upon the world with Russia’s invasion of the Ukraine. Certainly, the world I’ve known since my birth in 1948 has suddenly evaporated. Ambassador George Kennan, the architect of the “containment” policy in the the post-World-War-II age wrote: “Anyone who has ever studied the history of American diplomacy, especially military diplomacy, knows that … Continue reading Children in War
“One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious. And isn’t it the darkness of a stormy life that often produces thunderbolts of consciousness that awaken us to the world around us?” ~ Carl Jung And yet some darkness seems so impenetrable — like the dark side of the moon — or the dark depths of racism memorialized in the United … Continue reading Life Outside the Cave (with Joe)
“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?
“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