Optimism

RCC_9929, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

    Optimism is a strategy for making a better future.
   Because unless you believe that the future can be
   better, you are unlikely to step up and take
   responsibility for making it so.

    Noam Chomsky

Love poems

RIC_3507, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

So tell me what it takes to write a love poem.
     A generous spirit and a willingness to make a fool of yourself.

It takes those to love, too.
     That’s love.

Conversation between Bill Moyers and Nikki Giovanni, Bill Moyers, Bill Moyers Journal: The Conversation Continues

Who we are

RIC_3587
Originally uploaded by rchoephoto

Our being is silent, but our existence is noisy.

Thomas Merton