"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).

Monday, August 20, 2012

Never Forgotten Faces Of Africa

"....., every time i pulled into villages and saw those skinny four-year-old children with the orangish red and puffy cheeks of protein starvation, I knew I couldn't leave without taking their faces with me. I didn't want that baggage. I didn't want those faces forever asking me if I had really done everything I could to stay. So I resolve to stick things out. I resolve to live with it, all of it...And I did.... Period. But no amount of determination could finish the daily strength." 
(Mike Tidwell. "The Ponds of Kalambayi". Pg59)
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