Because a human being is endowed with empathy, he violates the natural order if he does not reach out to those who need care. Responding to this empathy, one is in harmony with the order of things, with dharma; otherwise, one is not.
~Dayananda Saraswati
Meeting a frog.
I’ve always enjoyed the sound of young children chatting–their sho [...]
“Give the ones you love the wings to fly, roots to come back and reasons to stay.”
~The Dalai Lama
C. Nemer, 3/2016
I’ve certainly enjoyed watching my child change from a [helpless] infant to a young boy who craves independence. It’s a change that seems to have happened overnight, despite the immense “work” [...]
We call a child’s mind “small” simply by habit; perhaps it is larger than ours is, for it can take in almost anything without effort.
Christopher Morley, 1890–1957
I am fascinated with my son’s increasing awareness of the world. He is now much more verbal and our “conversations” delight me and cause me to [...]