Here’s a chapter excerpted from a book I wrote and self-published during the pandemic. The book is full of short stories like this one that illustrate lessons on spiritual topics. This particular story talks about putting devotion and persistence over phenomena and fast results. Enjoy! ### Chapter 6 Love is the Means and the End “Be the love, the appreciation
Silence. Not the absence of sound, but the rich, unmanifest fullness that comes when we really stop to listen. This silence is heard with the entire being, not just the ears. And it reverberates in the heart. It is the sound of Love that has called to saints and mystics from the beginning of time. It exists both in the
A bell that makes no sound still rings true. Not as a molded hunk of metal but a symbol of the ideals of liberty and freedom that inspired the founders of the United States of America. And yet, I was totally unimpressed until the docent at the museum offered to pull bak the rope and let me touch the waiting
Beauty can be everywhere we go. Let’s try to look for it.