"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).

Thursday, March 28, 2013

Seeing The Suffering Of One......At Least One

" It is peculiar in men that, somehow, seeing suffering amongst many makes it much easier to ignore than seeing the suffering of one. The commonality of it somehow lets us push our convictions aside; perhaps reasoning that one couldn't possibly help so many people. But when there is just one—and any man passing by knows full well he could certainly do something, maybe even something very significant—then we are confronted with our innate selfishness and we hate that man for it. Who is he to reveal the dark corners of our hearts? Projecting scorn is perhaps the quickest way to deflect that searing spotlight from ourselves.
(The Bastard Tree. M.C. Lang, pg 84)

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