If I’m not serving, who am I? If I’m not helping others, why am I here?
On Martha and Mary
What She Said, December 13: Ursula K. Le Guin
Light is the left hand of darkness
and darkness the right hand of light.
Two are one, life and death, lying
together like lovers . . . like hands joined together, like the end and the way. –Ursula K. LeGuin
What She Said, December 12: Octavia Butler
All that you touch
You Change.
All that you Change
Changes you.
The only lasting truth
is Change.
God
is Change.
–Octavia Butler
What She Said, December 11: Shauna Niequist
I don’t want to wait anymore. I choose to believe that there is nothing more sacred or profound than this day. I choose to believe that there may be a thousand big moments embedded in this day, waiting to be discovered like tiny shards of gold. –Shauna Niequist
What She Said, December 10: Barbara Kingsolver
The very least you can do in your life is figure out what you hope for. And the most you can do is live inside that hope. Not admire it from a distance but live right in it, under its roof. –Barbara Kingsolver
What She Said, December 9: C. J. Cherryh
What we individually deserve isn’t as much as what we collectively merit. –C. J. Cherryh
A Visit from St. Covid?
It was the night before Xmas, and somewhere around here
I sat alone with a drink, you know, holiday cheer.
What She Said, December 8: Julian May
Some creatures survive, some become extinct. But no matter how great the ecological disaster, the paradox called life keeps on defying entropy and trying to perfect itself. Hard times just seem to help evolution. –Julian May
What She Said, December 7: Mercedes Lackey
The people who keep coping, keep trying, no matter how many blows fate takes at them. Nobody’ll make a song about them, but they’re heroes all the same. –Mercedes Lackey
What She Said, December 6: St. Teresa of Avila
It is love alone that gives worth to all things.
-St. Teresa of Avila
The Gloria Sirens 