To live in a different kind of way requires adaptation. What do you mean, right?Are we searching for a different kind of kingdom with a different kind of king? Or are we happy with the world as it now is?
What must be stripped away? This question has been asked before, and I don't endeavor to answer that question for you; only to say this: all the normal trees in the forest are different than this tree. The other ones would die up there. The tree's also not very big, but it's anchored well.
I've lately been freed from some naivete regarding helping people. It doesn't make you feel better for long, and sometimes it makes you feel worse and hopeless, like how's this ever going to change? I wish I knew. My buddy Tim has a great signature at the ends of his e-mails. It goes like this (and given my options I think I prefer this to luxurious self-indulgence):
"We can do no great things, only small things with great love." --Mother Theresa
"We can do no great things, so let us fail with great enthusiasm!" --Tim Miller
