OK: I can’t do that because of my religion.

NOT OK: You can’t do that because of my religion.

ETHICAL DILEMMA: You must do that, even though your religion says you can’t, because not doing it is discriminatory.

Ooze and Oz

Things aren’t fake because
you don’t believe in them
nor real because you do

It paints the stanchions of its cage until they disappear.

Part of the motivation to have the staying power to impact another to grow into a more positive place is derived from the joy of f***ing with them for their own eventual good.

I’m 67. When I came out of the shower, I bent over to pick up my towel. My hair fell in front of my face. And I thought, “In all these years, I’ve never tried to fling my head back so my hair will swoop over my head like it does in the movies.” So, I tried it., staggered backward and nearly fell out the window.

God, in His wisdom, has arranged the world so that none of us, even if only unwittingly stepping on bugs in the grass, cannot avoid causing pain and death. In this way, we are all responsible for suffering, for only if everyone of us is guilty can all of us be guilty.

Those who believe in the strength of their convictions speak softly in an effort to persuade.

Those who do not believe their convictions are strong shout to drown out all contrary voices.