Deerstruck Lately I’ve been seeking out deer going to the forest preserves at dusk, driving slowly down Lagoon Drive, always on the lookout Do deer have any other expression besides startled? Does a deer, like a dog, smile with its tail? Joyful flicker, bunny-hop, pom-pom trick. It cavorts away. No wonder it’s called a hind Which animals are most Buddhist? Is the deer serene in manic alertness or is it a sloth who … [Read more...]
Slice of Solace: Thomas G. Fiffer
“At signal points in our lives we find we must cross rivers where bridges do not exist yet, where the shortest, safest crossing point is anything but obvious, where our course is uncharted, where the nature of the other side is unknown, and where we know there is no going back.” Thomas G. Fiffer from “Rubicons” … [Read more...]
Slice of Solace: Samuel Beckett
"Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." Samuel Beckett in Worstward Ho Last night before turning in, I checked my Facebook page to find that writer Okla Elliot posted this quote. I immediately wanted to post it here. I know I need a reminder to keep trying. Maybe you do too. … [Read more...]
Slice of Solace — Jay Parini
"Only in times of crisis does spiritual growth become possible." written by Jay Parini in his review "The Spiritual Autobiography of Christian Wiman" in Chronicle of Higher Education in which he writes about Christian Wiman's new book, My Bright Abyss: Meditations of a Modern Believer. … [Read more...]
Serenity Prayer
God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, The courage to change the things I can, And wisdom to know the difference. The Serenity Prayer is the common name for the first part of an originally untitled prayer by the American theologian Reinhold Niebuhr (1892–1971) … [Read more...]
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