Others have focused on chronicling nature, mainly through the written word and pictoral images. ... Read More about Chronicling Nature
Tuesday
Encouraging – Offering Reassurance
When my mother or my grandmother tried to keep me from climbing too high, my grandfather would say, “Let the kid walk on the wall. He’s got to learn to do things for himself.” I loved my grandfather ... Read More about Encouraging – Offering Reassurance
Developing, Encouraging and Promoting Self-Understanding
"How well do I understand myself?" Self-understanding poses a qualitative question, while self-respect mainly states an observation. ... Read More about Developing, Encouraging and Promoting Self-Understanding
Guiding
To guide, to teach, to re-direct, to discipline – these may not be as satisfying emotionally as comforting but when properly done, they are essential. I am glad to take you by the hand and lead you ... Read More about Guiding
Developing and Pursuing Dreams and Goals
When we hope, we can dream; then, the lives we desire begin to come into focus. Hold fast to dreamsFor if dreams dieLife is a broken-winged birdThat cannot fly.Hold fast to dreamsFor when dreams ... Read More about Developing and Pursuing Dreams and Goals
Being Inquisitive: Seeking Knowledge – Pursuing the Religious Quest
Our natural curiosity, underlain with humility, leads us to seek knowledge – not to claim to own it. Blest are they who hunger and thirst for holiness; they shall have their fill. [The Bible, ... Read More about Being Inquisitive: Seeking Knowledge – Pursuing the Religious Quest
Wondering
Not merely a sense of wonderment (that is awe) but truly wondering about the many mysteries that we do not yet understand. The world is full of such mysteries. When we wonder, we take an intellectual ... Read More about Wondering
Planning
Our human capacity to plan makes much of the good in our lives and our societies possible. Planning can be for good or for ill. It is a component of autonomy in the domain of thinking. Because we are ... Read More about Planning
Satisfaction
Satisfaction of material needs is preferable to want/deprivation. When a man's stomach is full it makes no difference whether he is rich or poor. [Euripides] God comes to the hungry in the form ... Read More about Satisfaction