We Can Only Be Human Together (A Prayer for World Peace) …

You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty. — Mahatma Gandhi   Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good. Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves.…

Five Essential Questions In Life …

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bW0NguMGIbE Late Fragment And did you get what you wanted from this life, even so? I did. And what did you want? To call myself beloved, to feel myself beloved on the earth. — Raymond Carver from A New Path to the Waterfall The Summer Day Who made the world? Who made the swan, and the…

What If I Am Not Sadness?

https://youtu.be/WyVFGXrPhVI What if I am not sadness? What if I am not grief? What if I am not my victim’s story Nor am I my pain? What if they are all part of me but not fully me? What if I am just me? What if I am joy without reason…happiness in all seasons? What…

Someday At Christmas …

Someday At Christmas by Jack Johnson Someday At Christmas Someday at Christmas men won't be boys Playing with bombs like kids play with toys One warm December our hearts will see A world where men are free Someday at Christmas there'll be no wars When we have learned what Christmas is for When we have…

There Is A Calmness To A Life Lived In Gratitude …

If the only prayer you ever say in your whole life is "thank you," that would suffice. —  Meister Eckhart He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has. — Epictetus Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has…