Unknowingly most of us are waiting for someone or something to rescue us. But I am here to tell you no one is coming – not your mother, not your father, not a prince on a white horse. Continue reading
Author: onetusk
Let there be spaces in your togetherness…..
…..And let the winds of the heavens dance between you. Love one another but make not a bond of love: Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls. Fill each other’s cup but drink not from one cup. Continue reading
Just Being There…..
“As I increasingly spent time with people living with Alzheimer’s, I realized that anger and impatience worked against me. Continue reading
A man of few words will rarely be thoughtless…..
“I must say that, beyond occasionally exposing me to laughter, my constitutional shyness has been no dis-advantage whatever. In fact I can see that, on the contrary, it has been all to my advantage. Continue reading
When Every Hope is Gone….
“When every hope is gone, ‘when helpers fail and comforts flee,’ I find that help arrives somehow, from I know not where. Continue reading
It is not enough to study them like beetles under a microscope; you need to know what it feels like to be a beetle.
Put yourself in their shoes. How you see the world depends on where you sit. People tend to see what they want to see. Out of a mass of detailed information, they tend to pick out and focus on those facts that confirm their prior perceptions and to disregard or misinterpret those that call their perceptions into question. Each side in a negotiation may see only the merits of its case, and only the faults of the other side’s. Continue reading
The One Thing Needed – Tukaram
Of what avail this restless, hurrying activity?
This heavy weight of earthly duties?
God’s purposes stand firm, Continue reading
Love is not a relationship, it is a state
“…Man becomes mature the moment he starts loving rather than needing. He starts overflowing, sharing; he starts giving. The emphasis is totally different. With the first, the emphasis is on how to get more. With the second, the emphasis is on how to give, how to give more, and how to give unconditionally. This is growth, maturity, coming to you. Continue reading
The Path
I know the path: it is strait and narrow.
It is like the edge of a sword.
I rejoice to walk on it.
I weep when I slip. Continue reading
ONE TUSK 