Jim Brule

“Tis a Fearful Thing

‘Tis a fearful thing
to love what death can touch.

A fearful thing
to love, to hope, to dream, to be –

to be,
And oh, to lose.

A thing for fools, this,

And a holy thing,

a holy thing
to love.

For your life has lived in me,
your laugh once lifted me,
your word was gift to me.

To remember this brings painful joy.

‘Tis a human thing, love,
a holy thing, to love
what death has touched.”
― Judah Halevi

“Pain is a treasure, for it contains mercies.”
― Rumi, مثنوی معنوی

“Your consciousness is like a tiny stowaway on a transatlantic steamship, taking credit for the journey without acknowledging the massive engineering underfoot.”
― David Eagleman, Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain

“When facing authoritarian regimes, nonviolent movements are ten times as likely as violent ones to result in democratic change.”
― David Jay, Relationality: How Moving from Transactional to Transformational Relationships Can Reshape Our Lonely World