Posted on January 29, 2009 by Thomas White
You do not have to be good.
You do not have to walk on your knees
For a hundred miles through the desert, repenting.
You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves.
………..
Whoever you are, no matter how lonely,
the world offers itself to your imagination,
calls to you like the wild geese, harsh [...]
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Posted on January 26, 2009 by Thomas White
This past evening, I was reading a series of letters between the poets Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell, 6th Poet Laureate of the U.S. As I eavesdropped on this warm and intimate conversation, the depth of real friendship reached out and touched my heart.
Here two people, who rarely saw each other and didn’t chat by [...]
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Posted on January 22, 2009 by Thomas White
Several times over the past few months, I have written about the importance of being deliberate in how we use our resources. In particular, I’ve written about the importance of making sure we are clear about the impact of our purchases before we spend the money.
I feel that a great deal of the financial challenges [...]
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Posted on January 6, 2009 by Thomas White
If you write, you know there comes a moment when you wonder, “what is it that I could have to say that others would find interesting?”. It is the same worry that I suspect those who “expose”
themselves in public, such as stage performers or comics or musicians, have.
This worry is fueled by the [...]
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Posted on January 1, 2009 by Thomas White
On this New Year’s Day for 2009, many of us participate in the practice of New Year’s resolutions. We look at areas of our lives that we want to improve – perhaps it’s our health, or our financial situation or primary relationship. Whatever the area(s) we feel need improvement are, we feel that the new [...]
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