It is said - and most people would agree - that true love is never blind. But what does that mean, really? I'm sure that the explanation is in, ahem, the eye of the beholder, but to me this statement means that seeing matters through the eyes of true love requires honesty, transparency and authenticity. …
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The Fragrant Rose
The Fragrant Rose, a poem by Gregg Hake Of all the things I saw today, The cars, the planes, man’s great display- None so much did touch my heart As the fragrant rose. She sat upon her thorny perch Like an angel in a church- Trumpeting her inner joy Through the dewy air. I sat …
The Processes of Life
"Medicine is not only a science; it is also an art. It does not consist of compounding pills and plasters; it deals with the very processes of life, which must be understood before they may be guided." - Paracelsus The achilles heel of reductionism is the almost inevitable loss of perspective on the whole that …
The Art of Healing
"The art of healing comes from nature, not from the physician. Therefore the physician must start from nature, with an open mind." - Paracelsus I had the good pleasure of spending most of the day yesterday with my friends and coworkers at the Spa on Green Street in Gainesville, Georgia. We had an employee development …
The Speed of Life
If increasing the speed of life was the primary purpose of living, I imagine many more people would feel fulfilled in living than do at the end of their fast-paced lives. Pace is not always secondary to quality, as is the case when you're crossing the street on foot and a car comes speeding toward …
Genuine Goodness
"Simple, genuine goodness is the best capital to found the business of this life upon. It lasts when fame and money fail, and is the only riches we can take out of this world with us." ― Louisa May Alcott, Little Men I had the good fortune of spending yesterday morning deep underground in Chattanooga, Tennessee. …
Coincidences
Yesterday afternoon I was out running errands and one of them was proving to be especially challenging to complete. Due to a comical tale that I shall not retell (to protect the anonymity of the perpetrators), our hummingbird feeder was in need of repair. The glass feeder had separated into its constituent parts (luckily none …
Capable of Becoming
"If we treat people as they are, we make them worse. If we treat people as they ought to be, we help them become what they are capable of becoming." - Goethe Any fool can criticize or spurn another for his shortcomings; the wise man never loses sight of where those around him could be, …
A New Dawn
"To Waking", To Bless the Space Between Us: A Book of Blessings, John O’Donohue I give thanks for arriving safely in a new dawn, For the gift of eyes to see the world, The gift of mind to feel at home In my life, the waves of possibility Breaking on the shore of dawn, The …
The Promise of Life
“No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars or sailed an uncharted land, or opened a new doorway for the human spirit.” - Helen Keller Pessimists are by nature doubtful and suspicious of the unknown. Optimists, on the other hand, tend to be trusting, often to a degree not warranted by the factors at …
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