Evelio Menjivar wrote: “When I was growing up in El Salvador, there was a man who was not afraid to speak out. His name was Óscar Romero, archbishop of San Salvador. It seems to me that we need more Óscar Romeros today. We need everyone of good will to follow his lead and demand that …
Grateful For The Cross
How so? How can that be? He hung from a tree, he hung from a tree! Too true, too true, they nailed him to a cross, and left him there to die… I think my gratitude rests primarily in what his story and sacrifice represent, what primary lesson do we learn, We all have crosses …
Triduum
My historical tradition, mostly dormant these last several years; silent, barely stirring under the weight and pace of changes beyond compare in my memory; Still that tradition, those beliefs, still my bedrock; “a house built on rock, less likely to crumble with tests and time.” Something like that; something still keeps me hopeful and quietly …
Waning Gibbous, The Perfect Light
So good. Early morning. My little darkened room. Moon in the west, low. Faint light shines through clouded window. Day just beginning, quiet, calm, cozy start, So so GOOD.
Tax Day
It comes every year. Tax Day. Income tax in particular. The deadline for filing federal and state reporting that settles up if we owe any monies. In my view a simple, civic duty to pay a portion of earnings if you’re able to help the country operate. A few quick thoughts: The government deciding how …
The Master, McIlroy
Happened on The Masters Sunday afternoon, round four, final; Rory McIlory in the hunt, a few other aces right around him. Plenty to do, not optimal to sit and watch so I mulled about in chores, pausing as the last hour of shots were made, McIlory had a shot to win, a final put on …
Ups & Downs
UPs & downs, life’s full of them. Just what does that mean? Mostly I think it’s about experiences and happenings that are widely perceived as “positive” or “negative”. Come to think of it though, at least in my experience and thinking about that phrase and characterization, it might be more about the ups and downs …
Revisiting Angst
Funny thing the state I’m in, chronic angst settled in, deep within, Comes and goes most frequent as the day begins, active examination my best method to cope, happens in, No time does it settle, ebb, flow, don’t you know the way I find peace, lean in, wash over me again and again and then …
Just Waiting? Sometimes, GOOD
Funny thing about taking action, sometimes it’s best not to. In many lines of work and human endeavor otherwise, we’re primed to be proactive, to anticipate, to be assertive… Perhaps a more sound fundamental approach is to be first simply forward thinking. Evaluate, consider, plan, sure…but actions aren’t always best taken early…sometimes after weighing all …
The Power of Voice
If your voice didn’t have power, they wouldn’t try to silence you. Truth. Speak up. NOW.
1/2_Full, All GOOD 