Monthly Archives: December 2019

Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end. –Seneca As I sit here on 30 December, 2019, I pause.  I reflect.  I consider.  As I look back on this past year I have experienced more ways closing than opening.  … Continue reading →

Awareness does not bring comfort. –Robert K. Greenleaf Greenleaf writes: Awareness, letting something significant and disturbing develop between oneself and a symbol, comes more by being waited upon rather than by being asked.  One of the most baffling of life’s … Continue reading →

We convince by our presence. –Walt Whitman In 1977, Greenleaf asked: Who is the servant leader?  Is not every servant a leader because of influence by example?  Walt Whitman may have answered this when he wrote, ‘We convince by our … Continue reading →

Caring is the essential motive. –Robert K. Greenleaf Greenleaf writes: I am writing…because I believe that dominance of the culture by elements like coercive power, private gain, and survival in the competitive struggle do not make for the quality of … Continue reading →

Men do not accept their prophets and so they slay them. –Dostoevsky A ‘Prophet’ = a person who reminds us of our commitments; a person who is an inspired teacher; a person who names the un-nameable; a person who has … Continue reading →