"You are encircled by the arms
of the mystery of God."
Hildegarde of Bingen
09 Dec 2019
Browsing tag: Mystery
25 Mar 2018
"Until we accept the fact that life itself is founded in mystery, we shall learn nothing." Henry Miller
24 May 2017
"The ultimate mystery is one’s own self."
Sammy Davis Jr.
21 Mar 2017
"A wonderful fact to reflect upon, that every human creature is constituted to be that profound secret and mystery to every other."
Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities
24 Jul 2016
Do you believe in luck? I grew up in a family with a mother steeped in superstition and she was forever on the prowl for lucky chances. Perhaps because she believed her life was so luck-less or maybe it was linked to her alleged gypsy heritage. Knock over the salt and she was flicking three pinches over her left shoulder. Walk past a statue of a Buddha and you had to rub its belly and make sure it was facing East. God help the child that put new shoes on the kitchen counter and may your forsaken soul find redemption if you opened
12 Feb 2016
Back when I was a high school English teacher there were some stock standard pieces of literature that consistently made it onto the curriculum. Shakespeare always had a spot, Dickens was a regular and not a year seemed to go by without having to teach John Keats’ Ode to a Grecian Urn. When students love the arts - and literature specifically, that’s them converted for life. Their ear is attuned, and their sensibilities respond to the scansion of poems and the magical spells great writers cast. However, a young adult who has no