Lessons from Childhood: A Mother’s Day Remembrance It’s been said that we remember what we remember because it’s important to us today. As we approach both Mother’s Day and the fifth anniversary of my mom’s death, three memories arise from my early years, each with a critical life lesson for today: 1. Racism is a […]
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Our soul grows by subtraction, not addition. -Meister Eckhart, 14th century theologianIn a perfect world, the greatest among us would become teachers . . . and everyone else would have to settle for something less. Because passing our history, traditions, and keys to civilization on to the next generation ought to be, and is, the
Our soul grows by subtraction, not addition. -Meister Eckhart, 14th century theologianWe live in an age of continuous addition, an age in which the amassing of stuff—any kind of stuff—has become an all-consuming passion. More of this, the latest upgrade of that—a consumerist ethic of accumulation and amalgamation that, not coincidently, leaves little room for