Our Children Change Us... Whether They Live

All Great Human Deeds Both Consume And Transform Their Doers. Consider An Athlete, A Scientist, An Artist, Or An Entrepreneur. In Service Of Their Goals, They Lay Down Time, Energy And Many Other Choices And Pleasures; In Return, They Become Most Truly Themselves. A False Destiny May Be Spotted By The Fact That It Consumes Without Transforming, Without Giving Back The Enlarged Self.

It’s Important That Someone Celebrate Our Existence," She Objected Amiably. "people Are The Only Mirror We Have To See Ourselves In. The Domain Of All Meaning. All Virtue, All Evil, Are Contained Only In People. There Is None In The Universe At Large. Solitary Confinement Is A Punishment In Every Human Culture.

Experience Suggests It Doesn't Matter So Much How You Got Here, As What You Do After You Arrive.

I Need Words That Mean More Than They Mean, Words Not Just With Height And Width, But Depth And Weight And, And Other Dimensions That I Cannot Even Name.

When The Souls Rise Up In Glory, Yours Shall Not Be Shunned Nor Sunderered, But Shall Be The Prize Of The Gods' Gardens. Even Your Darkness Shall Be Treasured Then, And All Your Pain Made Holy.