One of Us
We are not no one. We are here because God brought us into being in love and gave us work to do, saying in his still, small voice: ‘Bring a fragment of my presence into other lives.’
Jonathan Sacks • To Heal a Fractured World: The Ethics of Responsibility
“You are the main character—the protagonist—the star at the center of your own unfolding story. You’re surrounded by your supporting cast: friends and family hanging in your immediate orbit. Scattered a little further out, a network of acquaintances who drift in and out of contact over the years.But there in the background, faint and out of focus, ... See more
Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows • Sonder: The Realization That Everyone Has a Story
All of us have one primary dramatic theme that has been repeating since we departed childhood.
Michael Brown • The Presence Process - A Journey Into Present Moment Awareness
Of being a mortal creature who was essentially alone but needed the myth of togetherness with others. Friends, children, lovers. It was an attractive myth. It was a myth you could easily inhabit.