EVERYONE HAS THEIR OWN PYRAMID
In today's global economy, it's really true: If someone sneezes in New York, they catch a cold in London and Sidney. What in the world are we to do when we are so sardined into one another's lives like this? One thought is to remember that specific corner of the fish can that belongs just to us and no one else...!
thinkers -- religious and otherwise -- have been addressing this little corner for centuries. How to seek and find and secure that part of us which is the best part?
Some find this region of their lives while praying. Other while reading. Still others while holding the ones they love close to them at night just before going to bed. The finding is an action for which there are no specific maps, only compasses. However, it's the seeking which is most important. That commitment of head and heart to strip down the grand pyramids of our lives in order to excavate from their inner chambers that which is most sacred.
Each digger has their own particular tools, but of this much I am sure. What we all eventually find is vastly more than the contained remains of our goods and our body parts. Plaques, genes, hormones and DNA -- these are only the footprints hinting at the amazing journey which continues beyond the grave...
FROM THE ALPHA TO THE OPRAH
In today's global economy, it's really true: If someone sneezes in New York, they catch a cold in London and Sidney. What in the world are we to do when we are so sardined into one another's lives like this? One thought is to remember that specific corner of the fish can that belongs just to us and no one else...!
thinkers -- religious and otherwise -- have been addressing this little corner for centuries. How to seek and find and secure that part of us which is the best part?
Some find this region of their lives while praying. Other while reading. Still others while holding the ones they love close to them at night just before going to bed. The finding is an action for which there are no specific maps, only compasses. However, it's the seeking which is most important. That commitment of head and heart to strip down the grand pyramids of our lives in order to excavate from their inner chambers that which is most sacred.
Each digger has their own particular tools, but of this much I am sure. What we all eventually find is vastly more than the contained remains of our goods and our body parts. Plaques, genes, hormones and DNA -- these are only the footprints hinting at the amazing journey which continues beyond the grave...
FROM THE ALPHA TO THE OPRAH
No argument! Kitty Kelley's new tell-all book about Oprah proves once again that Oprah is Chicago. And Chicago is Oprah. Buyers are already flooding bookstores around the country. Rome may have its Coliseum...Cairo its pyramids...Oregon its bald-eagle. We've got Oprah.
Is this a good or a bad thing? Should a mayor close his city's streets and open his city's coffers to someone who doesn't even reside here? Well, those morality and money questions belong to others. All I know is I've watched her show from the wings at Harpo Studios where I once worked. When she hits that stage, they respond like the crowds did in Galilee 2000 years ago. Without Kelley on hand, other writers covered the story. Mark, Matthew, Luke and John.
We're left to wonder. Does Chicago have another messiah on its hands...? Or has the required resume been watered down over the centuries....? Or is it just that nobody else sees a future in being a messiah anymore...?
TROUBLING NEWS FOR THE RICH & FAMOUS
What traditionally siphons off the envy and anger of the poor when they look upon the rich & famous is the Great American Dream. The belief in our heart of hearts that everyone has a shot.
Xavier University just gathered some troubling news for the rich & famous looking to protect their lives from the mobs. The study shows 60% of Americans say, "It's become harder to attain the American Dream than it was for our parents' generation!" The report goes on to say, "68% think it will be harder still for our children."
Does this call for better studies or higher walls...?
Is this a good or a bad thing? Should a mayor close his city's streets and open his city's coffers to someone who doesn't even reside here? Well, those morality and money questions belong to others. All I know is I've watched her show from the wings at Harpo Studios where I once worked. When she hits that stage, they respond like the crowds did in Galilee 2000 years ago. Without Kelley on hand, other writers covered the story. Mark, Matthew, Luke and John.
We're left to wonder. Does Chicago have another messiah on its hands...? Or has the required resume been watered down over the centuries....? Or is it just that nobody else sees a future in being a messiah anymore...?
TROUBLING NEWS FOR THE RICH & FAMOUS
What traditionally siphons off the envy and anger of the poor when they look upon the rich & famous is the Great American Dream. The belief in our heart of hearts that everyone has a shot.
Xavier University just gathered some troubling news for the rich & famous looking to protect their lives from the mobs. The study shows 60% of Americans say, "It's become harder to attain the American Dream than it was for our parents' generation!" The report goes on to say, "68% think it will be harder still for our children."
Does this call for better studies or higher walls...?
Most of Chicago does treat Oprah like a messiah...I find that frightening!
ReplyDeleteIn regards to the our children's future, I think we need a combination of higher walls and better studies....and better people doing the studies!
ReplyDeleteYou're both obviously experts. How could I disagree???
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