despair & mercy
Only the man who has had to face despair is really convinced that he needs mercy. Those who do not want mercy never seek it. It is better to find God on the threshold of despair than to risk our lives in a complacency that has never felt the need of forgiveness. A life that…
Love & Kindness
This is my commandment, you must love one another. – Jesus of Nazareth My religion is kindness, only kindness. – The Dalai Lama And the servants of the Most Merciful are those who walk upon the earth easily, and when the ignorant address them [harshly], they say [words of] peace. – The Quran
Dragons
We were talking of dragons Tolkien and I in a Berkshire bar. The big workman who had sat silent and sucked his pipe all the evening, from his empty mug with gleaming eye glanced towards us: “I seen ’em myself!” he said fiercely. C. S. Lewis
Edge of Atlantic 