"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).

Saturday, December 1, 2018

For Truth You Have To Sit In Jail

"Fastenko, on the other hand, was the most cheerful person in the cell, even though, in view of his age, he was the only one who could not count on surviving and returning to freedom.  

Flinging an arm around my shoulders, he would say:  

 'To stand up for the truth is nothing! 

 For truth you have to sit in jail!  

Or else he taught me to sing this song from Tsarist hard-labor days: 

 'And if we have to perish 

 In mines and prisons wet,

Our cause will ever find renown 

In future Generations yet.' 

 - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. The Gulag Archipelago. VOL1.

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