“Compassion is the keen awareness of the interdependence of all things.” – Thomas Merton

From “The Human Condition: A User’s Manual,” by Arnold Kunst

17 January

When I close my eyes I can feel the blood surging and the muscles tingling. I know all the considerable abilities - from will power through imagination to adrenaline – are bending inexorably toward achievement, are meshing happily together, like the music of the spheres, to get the job done, the miracles worked, the dreams realized.