Category: Words of Wisdom

Insights, quotes, musings, words to live by

August 15, 2016 AB

Just like there are no two identical trees in a forest, there could not be two identical people, an old friend of my parents used to say. That was his way of encouraging us to be different and celebrate our uniqueness. Every time I notice a tree growing outside of a grid – similar to…

August 9, 2016 AB

From the very first time I read this poem by Rumi, a 13th century Persian poet and Sufi mystic, I was fascinated by its lapidary. To capture so beautifully and succinctly the real meaning of love is truly a work of art and a gift I wish I had possessed. Even though I was instantaneously…