Another new year! An opportunity for a fresh start! A time to review the past year including our dreams and hopes, the times that were disappointing, the experiences that were satisfying or meaningful. It’s definitely a chance to ponder our … Continue reading →
Give life and hope into your family, village, community, country, continent and the world at large. – Israelmore Avivor The last months as I was able to get out more, I realized I was falling in love again with my … Continue reading →
Independence Day ought to be commemorated as the Day of Deliverance by solemn Acts of Devotion to God Almighty. – John Adams Every year after the 4th of July, I’ve made it a tradition to write about the significance of … Continue reading →
No matter how much time passes, no matter what takes place in the interim, there are some things we can never assign to oblivion, memories we can never rub away. They remain with us forever. ― Haruki Murakami Recently I enjoyed … Continue reading →
They’ll all come to meet me, arms a reaching, smiling sweetly. It’s good to touch the Green Green Grass of Home… Then I awake and look around me at the grey walls that surround me and I realize that I … Continue reading →
There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. – Albert Einstein I’ve been thinking a lot about miracles lately. We tend to … Continue reading →
To love life, to love it even when you have no stomach for it and everything you’ve held dear crumbles like burnt paper in your hands. . . When grief sits with you, when grief weights you like your own … Continue reading →
The very least you can do in your life is figure out what you hope for. And the most you can do is live inside that hope. Not admire it from a distance but live right in it, under its … Continue reading →
I started at 5 years old at the kitchen table with my family supporting me. I know where I’m from and I know exactly where I’m going. – Celine Dion Last weekend I led a retreat at the Holy Cross … Continue reading →
For he shall give His angels charge over you, to keep you in all your ways. In their hands they shall bear you up, lest you dash your foot against a stone. – Psalm 91:11 Have you ever had a … Continue reading →