By Seeing Differently, We Do Differently

It's Not Enough Just To Be A Mother. It's Not Only The Social Pressure On Mothers By Certain Kinds Of Feminism And Other Sources. There Is Also Economic Pressure On Them.

It Is Impossible To See The Angel Unless You First Have A Notion Of It.

Aptitude Can Show Calling, But It Isn't The Only Indicator. Ineptitude Or Dysfunction May Reveal Calling More Than Talent, Curiously Enough.

I Like To Imagine A Person's Psyche To Be Like A Boardinghouse Full Of Characters. The Ones Who Show Up Regularly And Who Habitually Follow The House Rules May Not Have Met Other Long-term Residents Who Stay Behind Closed Doors, Or Who Only Appear At Night. An Adequate Theory Of Character Must Make Room For Character Actors, For The Stuntmen And Animal Handlers, For All The Figures Who Play Bit Parts And Produce Unexpected Acts. They Often Make The Show Fateful, Or Tragic, Or Farcically Absurd.

Open Your Heart, Your Gaze, To The Visitations Of Angels, Even If The Gifts They Bring May Not Be Centeredness And Balance But Eccentricity And A Wholly Unfamiliar Sense Of Pleasure Called Joy.