“Participate joyfully in the sorrows of the world. We cannot cure the world of sorrows, but we can choose to live in joy. The warrior’s approach is to say ‘yes’ to life: ‘yea’ to it all.”— Joseph Campbell How … Continued
The Grimm fairy tale “The Goose Girl at the Well” is not a holiday story and yet, the symbolic language of transformation and value, of what truly matters in a good life, speak to the concerns and longings of December. Like many fairy tales, characters in this story undergo transformation through encounters with enigmatic forces that reveal deeper truths.
“He who runs after two hares will catch neither.” Japanese proverb Feelings of emptiness, lack, greed, dishonesty— are any of us immune from this experience? The number of stories that revolve around this problem suggest a near universal … Continued