I am too alone in the world and not alone enough to make every moment holy. Rainer Maria Rilke I have been asking myself what is holy for a long time. (That question has floated around my head since I was a middle-schooler studying for my Confirmati...

You must meet the outer world with your inner world or existence will crush you Mark Nepo When my inner world and my outer world are out of balance I physically, emotionally, and spiritually struggle. I can think of several moments when my outer wor...

You often say, “I would give, but only to the deserving.” The trees in your orchard say not so, nor the flocks in your pastures. They give that they may live, for to withhold is to perish.-Kahlil Gibran I grew up on the Ohio River in Louisvill...

I begin to realize that in inquiring about my own origin and goal, I am inquiring about something other than myself. In this very realization, I begin to recognize the origin and goal of the world." - Martin Buber What does it mean to be selfish? I ...