Three Peach Stones Observe a child; any one will do. You will see that not a day passes in which he does not find something or other to make him happy, though he may be in tears the next moment. Then look at a man; any one of us will do. You will not...
I believe that a little outrage can take you a long way. I remember the exact moment when I discovered outrage as a kind of fuel. It was about 1980. I was 17, the daughter of Bolivian immigrants growing up in suburban Detroit. After a dinner table co...
I work at a company where there are about a gazillion employees. I cant say that I know them all by name, but I know my fair share of them. I think that almost all of them know me. Id say thats the reason Ive been able to go wherever it is Ive made i...
To sum up my credo in a sentence: The farther away I get from myself, the nearer I get to God. Most of my troubles came when I was obsessed with my own petty concerns and trivial details. I respect the hermit but admire the crusaderhis life takes mor...
I believe that everyone deserves flowers on their grave. When I go to the cemetery to visit my brother, it makes me sad to see graves just the cold stones and no flowers on them. They look lonely, like nobody loves them. I believe this is the worst t...
My time in Iraq showed me the truth of my beliefs. I believe in mankind not gods, not devils, not angels and not spirits. I saw mans bravery from both soldier and civilian, and I saw horror and destruction from them, too. I saw hate and loathing from...
A Shared Moment Of Trust One night recently I was driving down a two lane highway at about 60 miles an hour. A car approached from the opposite direction at about the same speed. As we passed each other, I caught the other drivers eye for only a seco...
On June 23, 1970, I had just been mustered out of the Army after completing my one-year tour of duty in Vietnam. I was a 23-year-old Army veteran on a plane from Oakland, California, returning home to Dallas, Texas. I had been warned about the hostil...
Many times, the small things in life, which we often ignore, are more important than the ones that we consider far more valuable. This theme is highlighted in Kenny Rogers song Buy Me a Rose. In his song, he insists on the fact that the expression of...
All I ever dream Back when I was a child, before life removed all the innocence, my father would lift me high and dance with my mother and me and then Spin me around till I fell asleep.Then up the stairs he would carry me and I knew for sure I was lo...
