"When you begin to think outside the box, you often become some other "leaders" lousy follower. That usually costs something" (Andy Rayner)

"Our guardian angels are bored." (Mike Foster)

It's where I feel I'm at these days. “In the second half of life, it is good just to be a part of the general dance. We do not have to stand out, make defining moves, or be better than anyone else on the dance floor. Life is more participatory than assertive, and there is no need for strong or further self-definition” (Falling Upward. Richard Rohr.120).

Tuesday, July 3, 2012

They Gave and Gave.....

I read this today from a girl who worked in Benin, West Africa with Peace Corps...... It describes the truth of Africa.....they give, and give, and give......
"I usually joke about my years spent in a West African village, and as if they were simply a sweaty, stinky, rat eating, tummy cramping adventure, as if Afi and the villagers hadn't given their homes, their laughter, their grooves, their children, their food,  their lives, as if they hadn't given and given and given their strength, their love, their spirit-concocted with a little mango breeze, some marché dirt, and a little Nigerian palm oil-bounded and danced and lived..." (Last Moon Dancing: A Memoir of Love and Real Life in Africa. 2005, pg 2)
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