In the Prologue to “Mom and Me and Mom”, the remarkable Maya Angelou writes that she is “Frequently….asked how I got to be this way.”
Category: Relationships
“Temples of Goodness in our Hearts”
In the 34th of the verses titled “Fruit Gathering”, published in 1916, we listen to Rabindranath Tagore: ‘Sire,’ announced the servant to the King, ‘the
Unceasingly “Learn why the world wags and what wags it.”
In “The Once and Future King”, T. H. White’s 1958 book on the tale of King Arthur, we listen to the wizard Merlyn observe: “The
“Condemn none….”
In excerpts from the journals that the sculptor Anne Truitt wrote over seven years (“Daybook: The Journal of an Artist”), we read (in an entry
“Who are you to teach others?”
Peace Pilgrim writes (“Peace Pilgrim: Her Life and Work in Her own Words”) that “there’s only one person you can change and that’s yourself.” She
Hope and Faith
Yesterday, the indefatigable songwriter for America (indeed, for the world), the 71 year-old Bruce Springsteen sang at the Biden-Harris inauguration (“Land of Hopes and Dreams”):
“Grudge none, Forgive All”
Muhammad Ali tells us in his autobiography, “The Soul of a Butterfly: Reflections on Life’s Journey” that “People say that I gave away too much
“Try to be Kinder”
In “Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life”, Karen Armstrong writes that “one small act of kindness can turn a life around.” Jack London explains why