One of the huge confusions in our times is to mistake glamour for beauty. – John O’Donohue, in conversation with Krista Tippett I was inspired (as is often the case) when listening to a recent OnBeing podcast that revisited an extended conversation between journalist Krista Tippett and poet John O’Donohue. This passage on beauty […]
I live my life in widening circles… This is one of my favorite Rilke poems, and the translation by Joanna Macy is especially wonderful: I live my life in widening circles that reach out across the world. I may not complete this last one but I give myself to it. I circle around God, around […]
No matter how mature and adult and sophisticated a person might seem, that person is still essentially an ex-baby. … My suspicion is that the soul choreographs one’s biography and one’s destiny….you look at a beautiful interesting face telling a story that you know doesn’t hold a candle to the life that’s secretly in there. […]