Peace

RIC_6246-1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


Paz, peace, paix,
mir, shalom, salaam:
we will plant olive trees
where before
there were thorns!

Federico Mayor

Character

Crucifixion 2a, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


     The real test of a man is not how well he plays the role he has
     invented for himself, but how well he plays the role that destiny
     assigned him.

        Jan Patočka

Question to ponder

RIC_4597
Originally uploaded by rchoephoto

What did you do when the poor
suffered, when tenderness
and life
burned out in them?

Otto René Castillo
Robert Márquez, ed. Latin American Revolutionary Poetry

Greatest gift

RC1_9007
Originally uploaded by rchoephoto

The greatest gift is not being afraid to question.

Ruby Dee