“There are only three stages to this work: to be a beginner, to be more of a beginner, and to be only a beginner.” —Thomas Merton “Resolve to be always beginning – to be a beginner.” —Rainer Maria Rilke “Always we begin again.” —Saint Benedict of Nursia “Each morning ask where you need to begin …
Monthly Archives: May 2019
Sonoma, CA – Day 1
Some days are predictable. Others are filled with the unexpected. On some days, a theme readily presents itself when I reflect. Other days seem to be a hodgepodge of varying impressions. Today was such a day, and I don’t know that I have anything really profound to share. But sometimes, once I begin writing, I …
Sonoma, CA – Day 2
“One day Alice came to a fork in the road and saw a Cheshire Cat in a tree. ‘Which road do I take?’ she asked.‘Where do you want to go?’ was his response.‘I don’t know,’ Alice answered.‘Then,’ said the cat, ‘it doesn’t matter.’” —Lewis Carroll When we awoke this morning, we had no particular plan …