what do you know?

I know I know nothing.

~ Socrates ~

I know that...

I love summer.

I'd retire early if I could.

I feel good for finishing the bathroom painting project.

Most of the time two or three points of view are all I can see, but I am pretty much stuck in my own.

I want a kitten.

What do you know?

united

(the swan in the mocha)

Today the few have achieved their economic freedom at the expense of the many. That is why our world order is tottering. Nothing can save it but a united attempt to put the will of God into operation.

~ Muriel Lester ~
social reformer and pacifist (1883-1968)

Muriel Lester died 40 years ago. A couple generations have come along since she made this point. Unfortunately, things haven't changed much.

What do you think she means by "a united attempt to put the will of God into operation"? What do you think the will of God is on this topic?

I don't think anyone should have to give up everything and I don't think anyone should get something for nothing. But wouldn't it be nice if everyone had enough?

Surely, there is some way to figure this out.

the heart of hafiz

(another view of the red banana)

Something has happened to my understanding of existence that makes my heart always full of wonder and kindness.

~ Hafiz ~

My understanding of my existence is shifting. But I can't say that I have reached a state of continuous wonder and kindness. Maybe that is a ways down the road and I'll reach it if I keep on trekking.

I hope so.

You all probably do, too.

sabbath

(watering the garden)

The Talmud reads, "Never pray in a room without windows." Never pray without the world in mind, in other words. The purpose of the spiritual life is not to save us from reality. It is to enable us to go on co-creating it.

~ Joan Chittister ~

refuse to fight

(hydrangea)

God has made of one blood all nations under heaven. No man can suddenly become my enemy just because he happened to have been born on the other side of a river or a boundary line, and his government has issued an ultimatum against mine. Is it not time that we refused to fight?

~ Muriel Lester ~

social reformer and pacifist (1883-1968)