Live For Others Inspirational Each one of you has some special quality, a uniqueness, that others have not. Each one of you is richer or poorer in some way than others are. If you are unselfish, good-tempered, understanding, you are richer than those who are selfish and angry and jealous. When you ...Continue Reading

Radical Response inspirational Although not wholly adequate, Matthew Fox's definition of prayer is still my favorite. It is a definition that doesn't even use the word 'God'. Fox defines it as "a radical response to the mysteries of life." Three things make this definition so meaningful to me. The first is the ...Continue Reading

Like and dislike inspirational and motivational A somber day, isn't it? Dark, cloudy, cool, moist and windy. Amazing, this whole affair of "the weather!" We call it "weather," but what is it really? Wind. Rain. Clouds slowly parting. Not the words spoken about it, but just this darkening, blowing, pounding, wetting, ...Continue Reading

LEAD NOT DOMINATE INSPIRATIONAL AND MOTIVATIONAL From the dawn of human society up to the present time, we have been bedeviled by a persistent curse: the compulsion people feel to define the meaning of their lives in positive terms with reference to those who are like them racially, tribally, culturally, religiously, ...Continue Reading

The handsome, smiling, humbly-clad man they called U.G. sat relaxed and friendly before me. Intent upon using my visit to get straight answers, I hurled at him my first question: "Are there any boots to walk on thorns." His reply came back crisp and direct, "There are no thorns." Unsatisfied, I pursued, "The ...Continue Reading