I saw just now again the garden at dusk,
beyond the open glass doors.
I saw the white narcissus and star lilies
in the moonlight, luminous and perfect.

I was supposed to be somewhere else,
but I stayed, remembering.
For I had been here before and forgotten
how everything mattered.
How the radiance…

This is a hard one. But Eleanor Roosevelt knew what she was talking about. The former First Lady ranked in the top nine most widely admired people of the twentieth century. Her legacy, one among many, was to tell us “The choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility.” Yet…

A long time ago, as a college student, I joined friends every Wednesday evening on a journey to the nearby Northampton State Hospital, a historic psychiatric institution in Massachusetts originally called the Lunatic Hospital of Northampton. We were volunteers, there to talk with the patients for an hour or so…

Each time you feel resentment, for whatever duration, you are giving away your own power. The person you resent is not worried about this for your sake. In all probability they have given very little thought, if any, to how you feel. …

Behold, this dreamer cometh . . . let us slay him . . .
and we shall see what will become of his dreams.”
— Genesis

The First Voice

ENYA

We were together in the gardens of Lahore, walking along terraces where masses of red flowers bloomed against the white…

The Texas Hill Country is a compelling territory, not just with its history out of the Old West but with its terrain and vistas.

When I took the drive out of Austin up to Llano to see an eagle’s nest, bluebonnets and Indian Paintbrush flowers filled the fields for miles…

There is only this moment.

In reading that sentence, you moved instantly into another moment, but it is not the same…

And in this very second you have moved into yet another!

It is an endless newness that creates your life, for no two moments are alike except for the…

Our journey in life is to become aware of why we are here and what we are meant to do. Frequently, this journey seems a heavy weight for us to carry, for we experience so much unknowing and we face so many trials along the way. …