Humanity Is Not A Disease That Needs To Be Cured
While going through photo albums in preparation for my mom’s memorial service, I came across this picture of my dad (center), grandpa whom I called “Boppy” (right), and… Read More
While going through photo albums in preparation for my mom’s memorial service, I came across this picture of my dad (center), grandpa whom I called “Boppy” (right), and… Read More
I particularly enjoyed David Benner’s chapter “Otherness” while reading his book, Soulful Spirituality: Becoming Fully Alive and Deeply Human. Here are a few of my favorite quotes:
Soulful spirituality invites us to do a better job of recognizing and prizing the otherness of others rather than simply seeing them as extensions of ourselves or using them as containers for our own projections.
This is what Jewish philosopher Martin Buber had in mind when he distinguished between “I-Thou” and “I-it” relationships. We relate to someone as… Read More