The Unclad Soul

“There are far too many silent sufferers.  Not because they don't yearn to reach out, but because they've tried and found no one who cares.” ~ Richelle E. Goodrich, Writer/Author

“A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep.”   ―   Saul Bellow, Novelist

“But if you love and must needs have desires, let these be your desires: to melt and be like a running brook that sings its melody to the night; to know the pain of too much tenderness.”  ~ Khalil Gibran, Poet/Mystic

“Respond to every call  that excites your spirit.”  ~ Rumi, Persian Poet

“A balanced life has a rhythm. But we live in a time, and in a culture, that encourages everyone to just move faster. I'm learning that if I don't take the time to tune in to my own more deliberate pace, I end up moving to someone else's, the speed of events around me setting a tempo that leaves me feeling scattered and out of touch with myself.” ~ Katrina Kenison, The Gift of an Ordinary Day: A Mother's Memoir

“Stand up at sunrise and meet what they send you.” -- Reynolds Price, Novelist

I have written about this before but it has to be said again. The murderous brutality showered upon the Palestinians by the Israeli military and Israel’s political leaders is a travesty beyond, in my opinion, any justification. Where are the voices for peace between Arabs and Jews? Where are world leaders saying enough of this bloodbath between Israel and Palestine? Where is there even a single recognizable person of influence willing to ask why Israel continues to destroy Gaza, building by building taking with them the lives of children and people simply wanting to have a normal life? Where are those voices? There are none. I understand all of the arguments against Hamas and its group of violent extremists. But there is nothing fair about the imbalance of power between Israel and Palestine. And why the world is not opposing this I cannot understand. Journalist and author Joshua Frank has made the obvious point that the continuous push of Israel to ultimately remove Palest...