One of my favorite idioms I’ve come to love in my ongoing study of the Chinese language is: 水滴石穿（shui di shi chuan). This can be translated to mean: “Constant dripping of water wears away the stone.” In English, we have a similar aphorism that goes: “Little strokes fell great oaks.” I have a great friend […]
Persistence: Constant dripping of water wears away the stone (水滴石穿 (shui di shi chuan))
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Be Mindful
“I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don’t notice it.”—Alice Walker. We seem to always be rushing from A to Z in our busy lives. Are we mindful of the B through Y, though? We are always running to and from work, school, appointments, […]
What Do You Live For?
“What do we live for, if it is not to make life less difficult for each other?—George Eliot. A few months ago, while watching the televised funeral service for Ted Kennedy, I was deeply inspired by something in particular that Ted’s son said regarding the strong attributes his father possessed. He said, “My father REFUSED […]
Welcome
What if you could forever change the life of a child in need? Well, you can! May I become at all times, Both now and forever, A protector for the helpless, A guide for the lost ones, A ship for those to cross oceans, And a bridge to cross rivers, A sanctuary for those in […]
