Thomas Aquinas once wrote that “To know a thing is to awaken to its depth, complexity and presence.” According to Aquinas, each thing (and each of us as well) secretly and profoundly “desires to be known.” My passion has always been teaching and learning, and in Aquinas’ remarks we see how central beauty is when [ Read more … ]
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Paying Attention
It’s amazing how important our attention is. In some respects, all we have in this life is our attention. We are shaped and create our lives by what we pay attention to. My current favorite read is Eric Booth’s book, The Everyday Work of Art. Booth writes on page 61: “If our experience of being [ Read more … ]
