Monthly Archives: May 2023

In our world everybody thinks of changing humanity, and nobody thinks of changing himself. –Leo Tolstoy (‘Three Methods of Reform’ – 1900) Greenleaf writes: ‘…it is important that one find in his work that which is uniquely oneself. …No other … Continue reading →

Experience plus Reflection provides the learning. –Charles Handy Greenleaf writes: As one learns to manage his own life he seeks to avoid error; but he accepts the consequences that only error can teach…and then starts afresh… I have suffered enough … Continue reading →

People should not consider so much what they are to do, as what they are. –Meister Eckhart Greenleaf writes: ‘…there was a long “wilderness” period in which I sought resources outside myself.  Good years went by.  No answers came.  A … Continue reading →

When the seeker is ready the Mentor will appear. –Thanks to Lao Tsu In 1962 – eight years before he published his essay The Servant as Leader – Greenleaf wrote ‘Uniqueness, Paradox and Choice.’  Beginning today, Gentle Reader, I will … Continue reading →

Good Day Gentle Reader.  I invite you to read PART V for the context of my post today.  In PART V I invited you to reflect upon Greenleaf’s words and then pay attention to what emerged for you during your … Continue reading →