Word of the Day: Gassho
Gassho is the Japanese equivalent of the Sanskrit Anjali. It is the greeting, palm to palm, found among people throughout Asia, from the Dalai Lama to the Singhalese peasant, from the Pakistani weaver to the…
Gassho is the Japanese equivalent of the Sanskrit Anjali. It is the greeting, palm to palm, found among people throughout Asia, from the Dalai Lama to the Singhalese peasant, from the Pakistani weaver to the…
In the days ahead, everyone who loves this country enough to change it will have many opportunities both to reflect on and to practice the radical revolution in values that [Martin Luther] King projected and…
I am delighted that my friend Courtney Barrett will do our next Share the Wealth on how and why she got into Tae Kwon Do in her early 30s (she recently received her black belt)….
Disponibilidade, noun, Portuguese A disposition of openness In which one is accessible Available and willing To be inconvenienced By the needs or requests Of another person or event –adapted from Mev Puleo, The Struggle Is…
1. Who needs Rumi? We’ve got Fatima! She’s the ultimate poem. 2. If Rumi had met Fatima He would have forgotten Shams– Just like that!
At this stage, we have an obligation to make those who shield Israel from criticism feel uncomfortable—not because they are Jewish, but because they are complicit in the commission of crimes against a vulnerable people…
From Hope …One of my favorite songs is “What Sarah Said” by a band named Death Cab for Cutie. Sarah’s punchline appears near the end of the song: “love is watching someone die.” After my…
“So her mother died from a brain tumor? Sure, I can spend some time with her” “You’re spending too much time on Netflix? Let’s read Mansfield Park, 30 minutes a night, whaddaya say?” “Your friend…
Since she took my class in 2007 She’s read The Book of Mev six times It’s an annual ritual It’s reading as rejuvenation To instill urgency To her flagging spirit
We were on our honeymoon in Sicily Visiting with friends from graduate school They were both Sicilian-Americans They had moved there to start a family They had us out to their home in the country…