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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
“The most dangerous moment in a foreign policy paradigm is its birth, is its beginning. Because at the beginning, the rules remain unknown. The alliances remain untested, and there is not predictability. That’s where we are right now.” ~ Ezra Klein We all are feeling danger as we watch what is happening in Ukraine. Something is upon us and many of us have been driven … Continue reading On The Present Moment
“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)
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