Newspaper Article on Compassion by Polly Castor
Often the idea of compassion is mixed up with the words sympathy and pity. I would describe the difference this way.
Virtue
Don’t Block Your Unique Expression (Martha Graham quote)
There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all of time, this expression is…
Interlude of Utter Unwinding (New Poem by Polly Castor)
When we cease all our trying, we hear better.
Tattoos on the Heart (Book Review)
This book is written by a Jesuit priest who has a ministry among the competing gangs in a ghetto in Los Angeles. He gives them jobs, removes tattoos, and buries them young because of rival gunfire
Guideposts for Wholehearted Living
Here are the 10 things to cultivate and let go of to live wholeheartedly, as stated by Brene Brown in her book Daring Greatly.
Love Outwardly and Willingly (Russ Gerber Quote)
Being spiritually-minded is, in a manner of speaking, being globally-minded. It requires dropping narrow, self centered thinking …
Nursing Our Churches
I was the middle speaker on a panel both in CT and NYC. I spoke about how to “nurse our churches.” This is the gist of what I said…
The Difference Between Self-care and Selfishness
Doing something that benefits you alone is selfish. Doing something that enables you to give more to those around you is self-care. (Only you know the difference.)
As Thyself (poem by Sandra Luerssen Hoerner)
Then I knew I loved my neighbor
even better than before,
for now I loved him as myself
and loved myself much more.
The Web (Chief Seattle Quote)
We did not weave the web of life; we are just a strand in it.
Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves.
Please Vote Today
I vote for civility, integrity, diversity, equality, freedom of choice as well as freedom of speech and freedom of religion, fairness, virtue, intelligence, increasingly assertive stewardship of the natural environment, progress, individual health as…
One Man’s Wilderness (Book Review with Quotes)
This is a marvelous little book. I loved it and give it five stars. It chronicles a man’s first 16 months in the wilds of Alaska in the late 60’s.
Blessed Are You (Poem by Fred Turpin)
Blessed are you who rage at injustice,
yet at peace deep within the heart.
Genuine Reconciliation (Desmond Tutu Quote)
Superficial reconciliation can bring only superficial healing.
Won’t You Be My Neighbor (Movie Review)
I absolutely loved this movie and encourage you to see it. It is not often I would give a documentary 5 stars, but this one deserves that ranking 100%.
“Take No Thought For What You Eat” (Deep Think #4)
Curious why a Christian Science practitioner takes care about what she eats? This is where I stand.