A Soulful Journey

In Japan, at an international conference on religion, Joseph Campbell heard one American say to a Shinto priest, "We've been now to a good many ceremonies and have seen quite a few shrines.  But I don't get your ideology.  I don't get your theology." The Japanese paused as though in deep thought and then slowly shook his head. "We don't have theology.  We dance."  - The Power of Myth Real religion is a feeling in your bones, your limbs, the ebullience and needful expressions of hope and despair that transcends mere thought and reflection.

If I am not in the world simply to adapt to it but to transform it, I must make use of every possibility there is not only to speak about my utopia, but also to engage in practices consistent with it.  -Paulo Freire

Inspiration for Ellul: "Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there."   -Will Rogers

"In a dilapidated log cabin, near a cornfield, there lived an old farmer.  He had lived in the same place for so long that he attracted a lot of attention from passerby.  Some believed his age to be 110, yet he maintained a youthful disposition and a sparkling sense of humor.  Once a tourist stopped and asked: "Have you lived here all your life?"  With a smile on his face and a twinkle in his eye, the farmer replied without hesitation: "Not yet."  - Rabbi Sally J. Priesand Keep moving forward.  Don't stop.

"As a confirmed melancholic. I can testify that the best and maybe only antidote for melancholia is action. However, like melancholics, I suffer also from sloth." - Edward Abbey Do not give in. Do not give up. Go.