"Perseverance is more prevailing than violence; and many things which cannot be overcome when they are together, yield themselves up when taken little by little." -Plutarch With every thought, we are working on our destiny. When a sculptor creates an elephant, each touch of the chisel shapes the stone. While carving an eye he barely strokes the stone, but those light strokes are as vital as the rough shaping blows. There is no such thing as an unimportant blow. Similarly, every thought shapes our lives. There is no such thing as a little thought, no such thing as an unimportant thought. It may be heavy, it may be light, but it always should be well-directed, with discrimination and precision. ~Easwaran Sometimes I get a sense that the challenges that we are facing as well intentioned individuals are overwhelming. From time to time, as I survey and experience the anger, distrust and the issues that seem to endlessly cause separation between my friends at church, it affects me