A Treasure To Be Shared

Exploded Head , 1982 | Salvador Dali The greatest disease in the West today is not TB or leprosy; it is being unwanted, unloved, and uncared for. We can cure physical diseases with medicine, but the only cure for loneliness, despair, and hopelessness is love. There are many in the world who are dying for a piece of bread but there are many more dying for a little love. The poverty in the West is a different kind of poverty -- it is not only a poverty of loneliness but also of spirituality. There's a hunger for love, as there is a hunger for God. Saint Teresa of Calcutta Without honest and compassionate support, a vulnerable person could be trapped in a terrifying oxymoron, a maze of contradictions and deceptions that, in today's world, can and often does metastasize into a perpetual nightmare. If you hope for mercy, show mercy. If you look for kindness, show kindness. If you want to receive, give. St. Peter Chrysologus History's Child Young people are routinely conscripte...

insolence (n.) late 14c., from Latin insolentia "unusualness, strangeness; excess, immoderation; haughtiness, arrogance," from insolentem "unusual; arrogant" Ironies abound. Though every organization, it seems, has an anti-bullying or anti-oppression policy and a team of peer counselors (and tribunals and lawyers... oh my!) dedicated to mitigating playground, office and classroom intimidation, a generation of bullies has emerged, bullies emboldened by their successes in complicating others' lives. Exodus 20: 12 | Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. Permissive parents do not control or regulate their children’s behavior. So their children are less aware of the limits of acceptable behavior. They also exhibit worse impulse control and have more behavioral problems. When facing stressful situations, they are more likely to resort to using aggression. Studies have found that children raised by...