About Me
I'm joining Service Space because ... My inner work goes on...
A good day to me is when ... When I feel connected to those I love
My hero in life is ...humility and non-judgment
My favorite book is ...Ira Sleeps Over, Jamberry, The Process of Educatioin
One thing I'm grateful for is ... Our sensitivity to beauty and justice and our ability to learn
Definition Of Genius
Jul 08, 2018, 2 comments, 7 smiles
I pray all is well with all of you. I've been thinking of all of you since my memorable visit to the Bayarea last month. Below is a video that seems very much aligned with all we do at ServiceSpace ...
The Giving Stump
Mar 23, 2018, 2 comments, 10 smiles
While The Giving Tree always seemed a strange children's book, ironically as my 77th b'day approaches, I'm finding it is a classic for articulating themes about growing old.
A recent poetic reflection on 'The Giving Tree'...
THE GIVING STUMP (Sequel to The Giving Tree)
At the end of the day
the giving tree had given
her last leaf to a girl
who wanted to decorate
her hair
And her last branch
to a boy who wanted
to make marks on the earth
and bang rocks and tree trunks
The boy walked with an old man
who looked at the stick's
lovely curves, knots,
curls, and gnarls, and said,
that stick will be good for me
to lean on;
some day I'll carve a lovely handle
to celebrate this fine walking stick
so the mountains will remember
how grateful I was
when I walked here
The sound of the boy and the old man
grew softer.
The tree, that now was a tree only
in memory, was alone;
and the tree felt that she was just a stump
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