The Greek philosopher Heraclitus said: “you can’t step into the same river twice.” Although numerically this statement is generally not true, qualitatively we don’t experience the “same” situation or person as we have before. Our confusion with this statement can be found in the word: “same.” It does seem [...]

What is humility but the faithful and honest rendering of truth. . .no more, no less. Why is it that for far too many, humility is about the degredation of ourselves at the altar of social acceptance? What it seems like is that pride is the real hidden god in that matter of [...]

Twenty-four hours, 365 days, and about 78 years is for most, a life. What do we want to experience, be, accomplish, or contribute within this time? For far too long, our “fire in the belly” is nothing more than our pursuit of an elusive salve that we think once held, will [...]

Just some thoughts from Parker Palmer that once again struck me as I read them again today:
By identity I means an evolving nexus where all the forces that constitute my life converge in the mystery of self: my genetic makeup, the nature of the man and woman who gave me life, the culture in [...]

Some days I just want to recoil. I don’t want to be unconditionally present with anyone. I want expediency! I want compliance! I want control! There are days that I feel like I have grown. There are other days where I wonder if the sensation of motion is [...]

Words never change our lives, but we collect them nevertheless in hope that they might. Experience does not demand alteration, only participation. Desire is empty left alone. As you read the words that follow remember this: If you are to grow to what you believe is true of your own self, [...]