The Light

The enormity of the world’s problems is overwhelming. What can I possibly do to make any difference? I am but one little speck in this universe. Do the things that I try to do make any difference? If I am looking at this question from a world point of view the answer is “probably not.” – The feather falling, the leaf dropping, the rippling of the water, all far reaching in their simplicity…If I let myself succumb to the desire for big solutions, I will either lose my ability to function, or I will become crazy and lose all that really matters. – I realized long ago that loneliness was no fun but I did not dare risk my life. The point I am getting at is this; the biggest impact I can have is to leave this world with a positive attitude, a positive spirit. It may have a very small impact initially, but will, as time passes, multiply exponentially.  I must be true to the self that I know. I must find that true self and then I must dare to lose that true self in order to be true to that true self…

Be satisfied with simple things.

This little light of mine,

I’m going to let it shine.

Admitting Death Into Life

I have looked our destruction, our miserable end, straight in the eye and accepted it into my life, and my love of life has not been diminished. I am not bitter or rebellious, or in any way discouraged…. My life has been extended by death, by accepting destruction as part of life and no longer wasting my energies on fear of death or refusal to acknowledge its inevitability. It sounds paradoxical: by excluding death from our life we cannot live a full life, and by admitting death into our life we enlarge and enrich it.                                                                                                                      -Etty Hillesum from An Interrupted Life

Two bits of Wisdom from Vaclav Havel

1. Follow the man who seeks the truth;
    Run from the man who has found it.

2. It is not enough to stare up the steps, 
    we must step up  the stairs.

Good Advice from Dorothy Day

We plant seeds that will flower as results in our lives, so best to remove the weeds of anger, avarice, envy, and doubt, that peace and abundance may manifest for all.
            Dorothy Day