Allegiance to earth & flora & fauna & human life that it supports ~~ Rev. Dr. William Sloane Coffin

I’ve been surfing the blogosphere, just linking from one site to another, trying to find something inspiring from blogs I’ve never seen before. I think I feel a strong need to do this when I don’t trust myself, when I don’t trust what I’m thinking and what I’m feeling, or I don’t know how it will be received, taken, understood, misunderstood, et al. That’s why voices on the wind of the world-wide-web help me. It’s someone else saying things that I can hear~~and know I’m not alone. (You might be surprised how difficult the task is, how many hours it can take.)

"The world breaks everyone, then some become strong at the broken places." ~~Rev. William Sloane Coffin

Poetic Justice

According to the April 13 New York Times obituary, he said: “Courage, he preached over the years, was the first virtue, because ‘it makes all other virtues possible.’”

I fear I’m getting close again to politics but here is another quote:

"Patriotism at the expense of another nation is as wicked as racism at the expense of another race," he declared, adding: "Let us resolve to be patriots always, nationalists never. Let us love our country, but pledge allegiance to the earth and to the flora and fauna and human life that it supports — one planet indivisible, with clean air, soil and water; with liberty, justice and peace for all."

New York Times Obituary, April 13, 2006