Tag: Wisdom

As Gandalf said, “All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”

January 21, 2025

Yesterday was Martin Luther King, Jr. Day for 2025 and Inauguration Day for Donald Trump for the second time. I accept these facts, their juxtaposition and paradox. All I know is that I am in control of myself, that I am called to something greater than myself, and that the climate action and ecological citizenship … More As Gandalf said, “All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”

A sense of urgency is a terrible illusion

October 26, 2015

During service yesterday at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship where I attend regularly, a visiting minister read some words by Mark Nepo from The Book of Awakening. I don’t know anything about Nepo other than he survived a wicked bout with cancer and must have learned great patience and a deep appreciation for his life and … More A sense of urgency is a terrible illusion