A favorite quote

You must understand the whole of life, not just one little part of it. That is why you must read, that is why you must look at the skies, that is why you must sing and dance, and write poems, and suffer, and understand, for all that is life. 

J.Krishnamurti

A favorite poem

You can love me

but only I can make me happy.

You can teach me

but only I can do the learning.

You can lead me

but only I can walk the path.

You can promote me

but I have to succeed.

You can coach me

but I have to win the game.

You can even pity me

but I have to bear the sorrow.

For the Gift of Love

is not a food that feeds me.

It is the sunshine

that nourishes that which I must finally harvest for myself.

So if you love me

don’t just sign me your song.

Teach me to sing,

for when I am alone,

I will need the melody.

-Dan Baker