Dorothy: Oh—will you help me? Can you help me? Glinda: You don’t need to be helped any longer. You’ve always had the power to go back to Kansas. Dorothy: I have? Hunk: Then why didn’t you tell her before? Glinda: Because she wouldn’t have believed me. She had to learn it for herself. Hickory: What […]
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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