[untitled] by Lucille Clifton i am accused of tending to the past as if i made it, as if i sculpted it with my own hand. i did not. this past was waiting for me when i came, a monstrous unnamed baby, and i with my mother’s itch took it to breast and named it […]
“For small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love.” –Carl Sagan This echoes the Breton fishermen’s famous prayer (“O, God, thy sea is so great and my boat is so small”) and both are smart with humility, which is love’s starting place. Love (humanity, caring, commitment to the well being of others, […]
“To see the right and not to do it is cowardice.” –Confucius Which is why it is sometimes said that moral courage is the highest and hardest form of courage. Read yesterday’s Thought. Thought of the Day (TOD) is selected by Rick Larios, Monday-Friday, minus public holidays and an […]
“If we hope for what we are not likely to possess, we act and think in vain, and make life a greater dream and shadow than it really is.” –Joseph Addison Hopes are not idle wishes; they are things–goals, ambitions–for ourselves and others that we believe to be within our or […]