kindness, compassion, humility, sacrifice, generosity, hospitality, sharing, forgiveness, graciousness, helping, respectfulness, accepting, meekness, loyalty, selflessness. I just thought I would write these words down because it’s been so long since I have seen them anywhere. I see plenty of the words success, individuality, industry, winner and loser. I see so much of the words … … Continue reading list
compassion
divide
Fear and hate are the tools of the ignorant. these tools bind groups of weak people together and make them feel strong and right. they make them feel powerful and even justified. they dull their ability to think and feel beyond the fear and hatred which consume them. fear and hate are the tools of … Continue reading divide
what
what leads us away from kindness? what leads us away from compassion and equality and justice? what leads us away from caring and from service and from humility? what else but greed?
countercultural
it's interesting to be reminded that Jesus was not white privileged middle class ... that he didn't come to teach exclusion or rejection and that he didn't come on all 'holier than thou' ... though he was indeed holier than everyone ... something about humility that is very confronting isn't there? something about him being … Continue reading countercultural
free
letting go of the past does not mean forgetting. we try the impossible when we try to forget. it means treasuring, learning and forgiving. remember the past. treasure the wonder and beauty it holds, these are the rich soils in which your hope can grow. learn from your mistakes, you will become wiser from learning … Continue reading free
success
too often we measure success by the things we have achieved or gained for ourselves ... sometimes, a better measure of success is how much we have invested in others and helped others grow...
impossible
“Everything is possible for one who believes” and so it is. so, I believed, and nothing changed. so, I believed even harder and nothing changed. so, I prayed and fasted, and nothing changed. so, I pleaded and bargained, and nothing changed. so, I became angry and I threatened, and nothing changed. so, I complained … Continue reading impossible
cracked not broken 